# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-t-lykken
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:47:15.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-t-lykken"
name: "David T. Lykken"
slug: "david-t-lykken"
description: "David Thoreson Lykken was a behavioral geneticist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. He is best known for his work on twin studies and lie detection."
tagline: "American behavioral geneticist (1928–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20lykken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-06-18"
deathDate: "2006-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump