# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guillermo-bonfil-batalla
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:01:01.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guillermo-bonfil-batalla"
name: "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla"
slug: "guillermo-bonfil-batalla"
description: "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla was a Mexican writer who was also trained as an ethnologist and anthropologist. He was director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), General Director of Popular Cultures. He founded the National Museum of Popular Cultures. At the time of his death, he served as national coordinator of the Seminar for Cultural Studies of the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta)."
tagline: "Mexican anthropologist (1935-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guillermo_Bonfil_Batalla_1991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-01-11"
deathDate: "1991-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.481174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Bonfil_Batalla"
    title: "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "جويليرمو بونفيل باتالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Bonfil_Batalla"
    title: "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Bonfil_Batalla"
    title: "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Bonfil"
    title: "Guillermo Bonfil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Bonfil_Batalla"
    title: "Guillermo Bonfil Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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