# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-harary
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:01:57.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-harary"
name: "Frank Harary"
slug: "frank-harary"
description: "Frank Harary was an American mathematician, who specialized in graph theory. He was widely recognized as one of the \"fathers\" of modern graph theory.\nHarary was a master of clear exposition and, together with his many doctoral students, he standardized the terminology of graphs. He broadened the reach of this field to include physics, psychology, sociology, and even anthropology. Gifted with a keen sense of humor, Harary challenged and entertained audiences at all levels of mathematical sophistication. A particular trick he employed was to turn theorems into games—for instance, students would try to add red edges to a graph on six vertices in order to create a red triangle, while another group of students tried to add edges to create a blue triangle. Because of the theorem on friends and strangers, one team or the other would have to win."
tagline: "American mathematician (1921–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Harary_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1921-03-11"
deathDate: "2005-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.419116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/fnh/"
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    title: "Frank Harary"
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    title: "Frank Harary"
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    title: "Frank Harary"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump