# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gu-brandur-vigfusson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:39:43.162Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gu-brandur-vigfusson"
name: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon"
slug: "gu-brandur-vigfusson"
description: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon, known in English as Gudbrand Vigfusson, was one of the foremost Scandinavian scholars of the 19th century."
tagline: "Icelandic scholar (1827—1889)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1827-03-13"
deathDate: "1889-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           8.539885333333332
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جودبراندور ڤيجفوسون"
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    title: "Γκιουδμπράντιουρ Βιγκφούσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon"
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    title: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guðbrandur Vigfússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump