# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-tilman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:05.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-tilman"
name: "David Tilman"
slug: "david-tilman"
description: "George David Tilman, ForMemRS, is an American ecologist. He is Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Ecology at the University of Minnesota, as well as an instructor in Conservation Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; and Microbial Ecology. He is director of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve long-term ecological research station. Tilman is also a professor at University of California, Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management."
tagline: "American ecologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Tilman_Royal_Society.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: "1949-07-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.678582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6072588/"
    handle:    "nm6072588"
sources:
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    title: "David Tilman"
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    title: "جي. ديفيد تيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Tilman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тилман, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._David_Tilman"
    title: "G. David Tilman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "デイビッド・ティルマン"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump