# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grover-krantz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:14.289Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grover-krantz"
name: "Grover Krantz"
slug: "grover-krantz"
description: "Grover Sanders Krantz was an American anthropologist and cryptozoologist; he was one of the few scientists who have not only researched Bigfoot, but also expressed a belief in the animal's existence. Throughout his professional career, Krantz authored more than 60 academic articles and 10 books on human evolution, and conducted field research in Europe, China, and Java."
tagline: "American biological anthropologist (1931–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grover_Krantz_with_footprint_1982.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-11-05"
deathDate: "2002-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.175746666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469794/"
    handle:    "nm0469794"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%2C_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Кранц, Гровер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "غروفر كرانتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "جروفر كرانتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz"
    title: "Grover Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz"
    title: "Grover Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "گراور کرانتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz"
    title: "Grover Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz"
    title: "Grover Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1580091"
    title: "Grover Krantz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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