# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-o-thorp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:48.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-o-thorp"
name: "Edward O. Thorp"
slug: "edward-o-thorp"
description: "Edward Oakley Thorp is an American mathematics professor, author, hedge fund manager, and blackjack researcher. He pioneered the modern applications of probability theory, including the harnessing of very small correlations for reliable financial gain."
tagline: "American mathematician"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-08-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.469712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump