# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-s-becker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:43.156Z

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name: "Gary S. Becker"
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description: "Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of the third generation of the Chicago school of economics."
tagline: "American economist (1930-2014)"
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birthDate: "1930-12-02"
deathDate: "2014-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill