# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-adjaye
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:43:32.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-adjaye"
name: "David Adjaye"
slug: "david-adjaye"
description: "Sir David Frank Adjaye is a Ghanaian-British architect who has designed many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Adjaye was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to architecture. He received the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, making him the first African recipient and one of the youngest recipients. He was appointed to the Order of Merit in 2022."
tagline: "Architect (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1966-09-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           16.764808
  currentAttention:     55.55555555555554
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 122
platforms:
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    url:       "http://adjaye.com/"
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    title: "David Adjaye"
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    title: "David Adjaye"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump