# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akin-mabogunje
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:20:19.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akin-mabogunje"
name: "Akin Mabogunje"
slug: "akin-mabogunje"
description: "Akinlawon Ladipo \"Akin\" Mabogunje was a Nigerian geographer. He was the first African president of the International Geographical Union. In 1999, he was the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 2017, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received the Vautrin Lud Prize."
tagline: "Nigerian geographer"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NG"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-10-18"
deathDate: "2022-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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    title: "اكين مابوجونج"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump