# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hector-abad-gomez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:40:07.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hector-abad-gomez"
name: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
slug: "hector-abad-gomez"
description: "Héctor Abad Gómez was a Colombian medical doctor, university professor, and human rights leader who founded the Colombian National School of Public Health. He developed practical public health programs for the poor in Medellín, where he particularly advocated for quality water, vaccinations, and human rights for the poor. He was characterised by his humanist views."
tagline: "Colombian medical doctor, university professor, and human rights leader"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-12-02"
deathDate: "1987-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.324694024478042
  historical:           8.646589333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيكتور عباد جوميز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_G%C3%B3mez"
    title: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_G%C3%B3mez"
    title: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_G%C3%B3mez"
    title: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%90%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9"
    title: "エクトル・アバド・ゴメス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_G%C3%B3mez"
    title: "Héctor Abad Gómez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9006166"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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