# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axel-kahn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:40:31.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axel-kahn"
name: "Axel Kahn"
slug: "axel-kahn"
description: "Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate."
tagline: "French geneticist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Axel_Kahn_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_octobre_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-09-05"
deathDate: "2021-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.70892018779343
  historical:           8.201342666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "axelkahn"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/axel.kahn2"
    handle:    "axel.kahn2"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Kahn"
    title: "Axel Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Kahn"
    title: "Axel Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Kahn"
    title: "Axel Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump