# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:05:55.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-kennedy"
name: "Donald Kennedy"
slug: "donald-kennedy"
description: "Donald Kennedy was an American scientist, public administrator, and academic. He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977–1979), President of Stanford University (1980–1992), and Editor-in-Chief of Science (2000–2008). Following this, he was named president emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus; and senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies."
tagline: "American biologist (1931-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald_Kennedy_photo.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-08-18"
deathDate: "2020-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.975903614457831
  historical:           11.16126933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Donald Kennedy"
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    title: "Donald Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Donald Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Donald Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Donald Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Donald Kennedy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump