# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-michael-lane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:38:38.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-michael-lane"
name: "J. Michael Lane"
slug: "j-michael-lane"
description: "John Michael Lane was an American epidemiologist who was a director of the Epidemic Intelligence Service's Global Smallpox Eradication program from 1973 to 1981, and who played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox in 1977."
tagline: "American epidemiologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J._Michael_Lane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1936-02-14"
deathDate: "2020-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.26
  momentum:             6.428571428571429
  historical:           5.269150666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "J. Michael Lane"
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    title: "مايكل لين (عالم وبائيات من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Lane"
    title: "J. Michael Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جے مائیکل لین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Lane"
    title: "John Michael Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Lane"
    title: "J. Michael Lane"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100773424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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