# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-stuart
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:55:39.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-stuart"
name: "David Stuart"
slug: "david-stuart"
description: "David S. Stuart is an archaeologist and epigrapher specializing in the study of ancient Mesoamerica, the area now called Mexico and Central America. His work has studied many aspects of the ancient Maya civilization. He is widely recognized for his breakthroughs in deciphering Maya hieroglyphs and interpreting Maya art and iconography, starting at an early age. He is the youngest person ever to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, at age 18. He currently teaches at the University of Texas at Austin and his current research focuses on the understanding of Maya culture, religion and history through their visual culture and writing system."
tagline: "American Mayanist, linguist and epigrapher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidStuart.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1965-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.32
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.023261333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديفيد ستيوارت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stuart_(Altamerikanist)"
    title: "David Stuart (Altamerikanist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stuart_(Mayanist)"
    title: "David Stuart (Mayanist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stuart"
    title: "David Stuart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stuart_(mayaniste)"
    title: "David Stuart (mayaniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stuart"
    title: "David Stuart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
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    title: "Стюарт, Давид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump