# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-french
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:46:33.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-french"
name: "Christopher French"
slug: "christopher-french"
description: "Christopher (Chris) Charles French is a British psychologist who is prominent in the field of anomalistic psychology, with a focus on the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences. In addition to his academic activities, French frequently appears on radio and television to provide a skeptical perspective on paranormal claims."
tagline: "British psychologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prof_Chris_French_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1956-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.04
  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chriscfrench"
    handle:    "chriscfrench"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1634320/"
    handle:    "nm1634320"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/french/"
sources:
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    title: "Chris French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس فرينش"
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    title: "كريس فرينش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_French"
    title: "Chris French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%86"
    title: "کریس فرنچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_French"
    title: "Chris French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2205750"
    title: "Christopher French"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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