# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-djerassi
# Generated: 2026-09-01T17:48:56.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-djerassi"
name: "Carl Djerassi"
slug: "carl-djerassi"
description: "Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the \"father of the pill\"."
tagline: "American chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright (1923–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Djerassi_HD2004_at_podium_crop.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1923-10-29"
deathDate: "2015-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.djerassi.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump