# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dean-hamer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:15:54.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dean-hamer"
name: "Dean Hamer"
slug: "dean-hamer"
description: "Dean Hamer is an American geneticist, author, and filmmaker. He is known for his research on the role of genetics in sexual orientation and for a series of popular books and films that have changed scientific and public understandings and perceptions of human sexuality and gender."
tagline: "American geneticist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hamer%2C_dean.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.53
  momentum:             0.8263069139966274
  historical:           10.95644533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1581205/"
    handle:    "nm1581205"
sources:
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    title: "ڈین ہیمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دينيسى هامر"
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    title: "دین هیمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "ডিন হামার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dean Hamer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Hamer"
    title: "Dean Hamer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دین هیمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Hamer"
    title: "Dean Hamer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Hamer"
    title: "Dean Hamer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dean Hamer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дін Гемер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228417"
    title: "Dean Hamer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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