# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curt-richter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:45.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curt-richter"
name: "Curt Richter"
slug: "curt-richter"
description: "Curt Paul Richter was an American biologist, psychobiologist and geneticist who made important contributions in the field of circadian rhythms. Notably, Richter identified the hypothalamus as a \"biological pacemaker\" involved in sleeping and wakefulness. In particular, this region suspected by Richter was later identified as the suprachiasmatic nucleus."
tagline: "American biologist (1894–1988)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1894-02-20"
deathDate: "1988-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.451012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Richter"
    title: "Curt Richter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "كورت ريختر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_P._Richter"
    title: "Curt P. Richter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Richter"
    title: "Curt Richter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Richter"
    title: "Curt Richter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Richter"
    title: "Curt Richter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%92%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "カート・リヒター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Richter"
    title: "Curt Richter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1145264"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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