# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-feduccia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:42.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-feduccia"
name: "Alan Feduccia"
slug: "alan-feduccia"
description: "John Alan Feduccia is a paleornithologist specializing in the origins and phylogeny of birds. He is S. K. Heninger Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina. Feduccia's authored works include three major books, The Age of Birds, The Origin and Evolution of Birds, and Riddle of the Feathered Dragons."
tagline: "American paleornithologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Feduccia3.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.615408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ألان فيدوتشيا"
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    title: "الان فيدوتشيا"
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    title: "Alan Feduccia"
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    title: "Alan Feduccia"
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    title: "Alan Feduccia"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump