# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-arguelles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:47.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-arguelles"
name: "Alexander Arguelles"
slug: "alexander-arguelles"
description: "Alexander Sabino Argüelles is an American linguist notable for his work on the Korean language. An avid language learner, he was profiled in Michael Erard's Babel No More. He is one of the polyglots listed in Kenneth Hyltenstam's Advanced Proficiency and Exceptional Ability in Second Languages, and has been described by The New Yorker as \"a legendary figure in the [polyglot] community\"."
tagline: "Scholar of foreign languages"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arguelles_Alexander.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-04-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 150
totalFollowers: 121000
platforms:
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    url:       "http://foreignlanguageexpertise.com/"
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    handle:    "@profasar"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Arguelles"
    title: "Alexander Arguelles"
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    title: "Alexander Arguelles"
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    title: "Alexander Arguelles"
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    title: "Аргуэльес, Александр"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump