# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-o-clifton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:03:36.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-o-clifton"
name: "Donald O. Clifton"
slug: "donald-o-clifton"
description: "Donald O. Clifton was an American psychologist, educator, author, researcher, and entrepreneur. He founded Selection Research, Inc., which later acquired Gallup Inc., where he became chairman, and developed CliftonStrengths, Gallup's online psychological assessment. Clifton was recognized with a presidential commendation from the American Psychological Association as \"the father of strengths-based psychology and the grandfather of positive psychology\"."
tagline: "American doctor of educational sciences, professor of educational psychology (Univ. of Nebraska), entrepreneur (1924-2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-02-05"
deathDate: "2003-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.02646
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump