# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fereydoon-batmanghelidj
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:19:59.157Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fereydoon-batmanghelidj"
name: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
slug: "fereydoon-batmanghelidj"
description: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj was an Iranian doctor, naturopath, HIV/AIDS denialist and writer. He is best known for believing increased water consumption is the cure for most disease, a view not supported by clinical evidence and considered quackery by medical experts."
tagline: "Iranian writer (1931–2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931"
deathDate: "2004-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.08
  momentum:             2.908861255689366
  historical:           7.707130666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%A4%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Батмангхелідж Фірейдон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "فريدون باتمانجليج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Ферейдун Батманжелидж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj"
    title: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj"
    title: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj"
    title: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj"
    title: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj"
    title: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj"
    title: "Fereydoon Batmanghelidj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1406204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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