# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-s-wiener
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:50:04.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-s-wiener"
name: "Alexander S. Wiener"
slug: "alexander-s-wiener"
description: "Alexander Solomon Wiener was an American biologist and physician, specializing in the fields of forensic medicine, serology, and immunogenetics. His work led to the discovery of the Rh factor in 1937, along with Karl Landsteiner, and subsequently to the development of exchange transfusion methods that saved the lives of infants with hemolytic disease of the newborn. He received a Lasker Award for his achievement in 1946."
tagline: "American hematologist (1907-1976)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Alexander_S._Wiener.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1907-03-16"
deathDate: "1976-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.753961333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "亞歷山大·所羅門·威納"
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    title: "ألكسندر فينر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Solomon_Wiener"
    title: "Alexander Solomon Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Solomon_Wiener"
    title: "Alexander Solomon Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_S._Wiener"
    title: "Alexander S. Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Solomon_Wiener"
    title: "Alexander Solomon Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Wiener"
    title: "Alexander Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Solomon_Wiener"
    title: "Alexander Solomon Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Solomon_Wiener"
    title: "Alexander Solomon Wiener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Александер Винер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump