# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francine-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:20.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francine-patterson"
name: "Francine Patterson"
slug: "francine-patterson"
description: "Francine \"Penny\" Patterson is an American animal psychologist. From 1972 onwards, she taught a modified form of American Sign Language, which she called \"Gorilla Sign Language\" (GSL), to a gorilla named Koko. The scientific validity of Patterson's claims about the extent of Koko's language mastery has been widely rejected in linguistic and other specialist circles."
tagline: "American researcher"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1947-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.76
  momentum:             3.149772009821115
  historical:           7.534964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1166890/"
    handle:    "nm1166890"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Паттерсон, Франсин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسينا باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسينا باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Patterson"
    title: "Francine Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Patterson"
    title: "Francine Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Patterson"
    title: "Francine Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Patterson"
    title: "Francine Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Patterson"
    title: "Francine Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5479859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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