# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-gray-triplett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:00:57.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-gray-triplett"
name: "Donald Gray Triplett"
slug: "donald-gray-triplett"
description: "Donald Gray Triplett was an American banker known for being the first person diagnosed with autism. He was diagnosed by Leo Kanner in 1943 and was labeled as \"Case 1\". Triplett was noted for his savant abilities, particularly the ability to name musical notes played on a piano and the ability to perform rapid mental multiplication."
tagline: "American banker and the first person to be diagnosed with autism (1933–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald_Triplett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-09-08"
deathDate: "2023-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.16079733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Donald Triplett"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump