# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fotis-kafatos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:35.628Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fotis-kafatos"
name: "Fotis Kafatos"
slug: "fotis-kafatos"
description: "Fotis Constantine Kafatos was a Greek biologist. Between 2007 and 2010, he was the founding president of the European Research Council (ERC). He chaired the ERC Scientific Council from 2006 to 2010. Thereafter, he was appointed Honorary President of the ERC. He was also an honorary fellow of the Hellenic Agricultural Academy."
tagline: "Greek biologist (1940-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotis_kafatos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1940-04-16"
deathDate: "2017-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.6875
  historical:           9.606624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Фотіс Кафатос"
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    title: "فوتيس كفاتوس"
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    title: "Fotis Kafatos"
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    title: "Φώτης Καφάτος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fotis Kafatos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotis_Kafatos"
    title: "Fotis Kafatos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3tis_Kaf%C3%A1tos"
    title: "Fótis Kafátos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photes_Caphatus"
    title: "Photes Caphatus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fotis Kafatos"
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    title: "Fotis Kafatos"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump