# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-habib
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:11:40.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-habib"
name: "Adam Habib"
slug: "adam-habib"
description: "Adam Mahomed Habib is a South African academic administrator serving as Vice-Chancellor of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London since 1 January 2021. Previously he served as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa, between 1 June 2013, when the term of his predecessor Loyiso Nongxa ended, and 1 January 2021. He is also a former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Johannesburg."
tagline: "South African academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Adam_Habib%2C_University_of_Natal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1965"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             0.07583965330444203
  historical:           5.100146666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  203
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Habib"
    title: "Adam Habib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Habib"
    title: "Adam Habib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "آدم حبيب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Habib"
    title: "Adam Habib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC"
    title: "आदम हबीब"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%AD%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A8"
    title: "آدم حبیب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4679172"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump