# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-cohen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:37:46.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-cohen"
name: "Fred Cohen"
slug: "fred-cohen"
description: "Frederick B. Cohen is an American computer scientist and best known as the inventor of computer virus defense techniques. He gave the definition of \"computer virus\". Cohen is best known for his pioneering work on computer viruses, the invention of high-integrity operating system mechanisms now in widespread use, and automation of protection management functions."
tagline: "American computer scientist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.01458
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فرد كوهين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A4_%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%B6"
    title: "Ֆրեդ Քոհեն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3"
    title: "フレッド・コーエン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen"
    title: "Fred Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Коэн, Фред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Фред Коен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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