# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-commoner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:31:02.485Z

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name: "Barry Commoner"
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description: "Barry Commoner was an American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician. He was a leading ecologist and among the founders of the modern environmental movement. He was the director of the Center for Biology of Natural Systems and its Critical Genetics Project. He ran as the Citizens Party candidate in the 1980 U.S. presidential election. His work studying the radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing led to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963."
tagline: "American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist"
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birthDate: "1917-05-28"
deathDate: "2012-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump