# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-kingsley-zipf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:45:30.323Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-kingsley-zipf"
name: "George Kingsley Zipf"
slug: "george-kingsley-zipf"
description: "George Kingsley Zipf was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages."
tagline: "American statistician (1902–1950)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1902-01-07"
deathDate: "1950-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump