# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-w-merck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:44.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-w-merck"
name: "George W. Merck"
slug: "george-w-merck"
description: "George Wilhelm Herman Emanuel Merck was the president of Merck & Co. from 1925 to 1950 and a member of the Merck family."
tagline: "American chemist (1894-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_W._Merck.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: "1894-03-29"
deathDate: "1957-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.829088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جورج دبليو ميرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Merck"
    title: "George W. Merck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Merck"
    title: "George W. Merck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Merck"
    title: "George Merck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BBW%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ジョージ・W・メルク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508452"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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