# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irving-kaplansky
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:46:36.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irving-kaplansky"
name: "Irving Kaplansky"
slug: "irving-kaplansky"
description: "Irving Kaplansky was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician."
tagline: "Canadian mathematician (1917–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irving_Kaplansky_1988_OPC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1917-03-22"
deathDate: "2006-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump