# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-otto-gey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:40:11.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-otto-gey"
name: "George Otto Gey"
slug: "george-otto-gey"
description: "George Otto Gey was an American cell biologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital who is credited with propagating the HeLa cell line from Henrietta Lacks' cervical tumor. He spent over 35 years developing numerous scientific breakthroughs under the Johns Hopkins Medical School and Hospital."
tagline: "American cell biologist (1899–1970)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/George_Gey.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1899-07-06"
deathDate: "1970-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1013662406346408
  historical:           7.482512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Otto_Gey"
    title: "George Otto Gey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Otto Gey"
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    title: "ジョージ・オットー・ゲイ"
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    title: "조지 오토 가이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Otto_Gey"
    title: "George Otto Gey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump