# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlo-ginzburg
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:11:44.821Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/carlo-ginzburg"
name: "Carlo Ginzburg"
slug: "carlo-ginzburg"
description: "Carlo Ginzburg was an Italian historian and one of the founders of the field of microhistory. Coming from a Jewish family from Turin, he received a PhD from the University of Pisa in 1961. He subsequently pursued an academic career. His works include The Night Battles, The Cheese and the Worms, and Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath. He died in 2026 in Bologna."
tagline: "Italian historian (1939–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlo_Ginzburg_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_mars_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IT"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-04-15"
deathDate: "2026-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump