# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alec-jeffreys
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:48:46.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alec-jeffreys"
name: "Alec Jeffreys"
slug: "alec-jeffreys"
description: "Sir Alec John Jeffreys is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes."
tagline: "British geneticist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alec_Jeffreys.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1950-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  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