# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-kahn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:02.805Z

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name: "Herman Kahn"
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description: "Herman Kahn was an American physicist and a founding member of the Hudson Institute, regarded as an eminent futurist of the latter part of the twentieth century."
tagline: "American futurist noted for his views on nature of thermonuclear war (1922–1983)"
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deathDate: "1983-07-07"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump