# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaak-aaviksoo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:08:26.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaak-aaviksoo"
name: "Jaak Aaviksoo"
slug: "jaak-aaviksoo"
description: "Jaak Aaviksoo is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)."
tagline: "Estonian politician, physicist, basketball player and sportsperson (born 1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaak_Aaviksoo%2C_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1954-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.875
  historical:           11.408136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "jaakaaviksoo"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jaak.aaviksoo"
    handle:    "jaak.aaviksoo"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jaak Aaviksoo"
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    title: "Jaak Aaviksoo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jaak Aaviksoo"
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    title: "Jaak Aaviksoo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump