# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bas-kast
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:36.117Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bas-kast"
name: "Bas Kast"
slug: "bas-kast"
description: "Bas Kast is a German-Dutch science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Working as a freelancer first for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and other magazines, he later became an editor and reporter for the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. His articles have earned him a number of national and international prizes. Kast has written several popular science books, some of which became best selling books that have been translated in numerous languages."
tagline: "German writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maischberger_-_2019-04-03-7320.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1973-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.419985333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2423360/"
    handle:    "nm2423360"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/950845"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "باس كاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Kast"
    title: "Bas Kast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Kast"
    title: "Bas Kast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Kast"
    title: "Bas Kast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Kast"
    title: "Bas Kast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Kast"
    title: "Bas Kast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91479"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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