# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilles-fauconnier
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:58:53.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilles-fauconnier"
name: "Gilles Fauconnier"
slug: "gilles-fauconnier"
description: "Gilles Fauconnier was a French linguist, researcher in cognitive science, and author who was distinguished professor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Department of Cognitive Science. His work with Mark Turner founded the theory of conceptual blending."
tagline: "French scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilles_Fauconnier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-08-19"
deathDate: "2021-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.678546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ジル・フォコニエ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gilles Fauconnier"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Fauconnier"
    title: "Gilles Fauconnier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фоконье, Жиль"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Fauconnier"
    title: "Gilles Fauconnier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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