# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-fant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:43:31.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-fant"
name: "Gunnar Fant"
slug: "gunnar-fant"
description: "Carl Gunnar Michael Fant was a leading researcher in speech science in general and speech synthesis in particular who spent most of his career as a professor at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He was a first cousin of the actors and directors George Fant and Kenne Fant."
tagline: "Swedish engineer and linguist (1919-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_Fant.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919-10-08"
deathDate: "2009-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.340173333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.speech.kth.se/gunnarfant/"
sources:
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    title: "Gunnar Fant (ingenjör)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جونار فانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fant"
    title: "Gunnar Fant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "گانر فانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fant"
    title: "Gunnar Fant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%A8_%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%98"
    title: "גונאר פאנט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fant"
    title: "Gunnar Fant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fant"
    title: "Gunnar Fant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Фант, Гуннар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fant"
    title: "Gunnar Fant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2560493"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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