# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-poinar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:28:12.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-poinar"
name: "George Poinar"
slug: "george-poinar"
description: "George O. Poinar Jr. is an American entomologist and writer. He is known for popularizing the idea of extracting DNA from insects fossilized in amber, an idea which received widespread attention when adapted by Michael Crichton for the book and movie Jurassic Park."
tagline: "American entomologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Poinar%2C_Jr.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1936-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.093414666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar_Jr."
    title: "George Poinar Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "چورچ پوينار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O._Poinar"
    title: "George O. Poinar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar_Jr."
    title: "George Poinar Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar%2C_hijo"
    title: "George Poinar, hijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar"
    title: "George Poinar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar"
    title: "George Poinar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE_(%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Пойнар, Джордж Орло (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orlo_Poinar%2C_Jr."
    title: "George Orlo Poinar, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907462"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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