# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abraham-kovoor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:23:05.310Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abraham-kovoor"
name: "Abraham Kovoor"
slug: "abraham-kovoor"
description: "Abraham Thomas Kovoor was an Indian professor and rationalist who gained prominence after retirement for his campaign to expose as frauds various Indian and Sri Lankan \"god-men\" and so-called paranormal phenomena. His direct, trenchant criticism of spiritual frauds and organized religions was enthusiastically received by audiences, initiating a new dynamism in the rationalist movement, especially in Sri Lanka and India."
tagline: "Sri Lankan rationalist and professor (1898–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abraham_Kovoor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1898-04-10"
deathDate: "1978-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.285710666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump