# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erasto-b-mpemba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:55:04.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erasto-b-mpemba"
name: "Erasto B. Mpemba"
slug: "erasto-b-mpemba"
description: "Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba (1950–2023) was a Tanzanian game warden who, as a schoolboy, discovered the eponymous Mpemba effect, a paradoxical phenomenon in which hot water freezes faster than cold water under certain conditions."
tagline: "Tanzanian game warden and scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erasto_Mpemba_(1963).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1950"
deathDate: "2023-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.588377333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Erasto B. Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erasto B. Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_B._Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto B. Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "اراستو امپمبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_B._Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto B. Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_B._Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto B. Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasto_Mpemba"
    title: "Erasto Mpemba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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