# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-hershaft
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:05.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-hershaft"
name: "Alex Hershaft"
slug: "alex-hershaft"
description: "Alex Hershaft is an American Holocaust survivor, and co-founder and president of the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), the United States' oldest (1976) organization devoted exclusively to promoting the rights of animals not to be raised for food. Previously, he has had a 30-year career in materials science and environmental consulting and a role in movements for religious freedom and environmental quality."
tagline: "American activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Hershaft.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1934-07-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             5.865921787709496
  historical:           10.09831066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7404780/"
    handle:    "nm7404780"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اليكس هيرشافت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alex Hershaft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft"
    title: "Alex Hershaft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft"
    title: "Alex Hershaft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft"
    title: "Alex Hershaft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%98"
    title: "אלכס הרשאפט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft"
    title: "Alex Hershaft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Herschaft"
    title: "Alex Herschaft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B7%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%83%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அலெக்ஸ் ஹெர்ஷாஃப்ட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16095654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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