# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-wolfowitz
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:32:42.393Z

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name: "Jacob Wolfowitz"
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description: "Jacob Wolfowitz was a Polish-born American Jewish statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the father of former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz."
tagline: "American statistician (1910-1981)"
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birthDate: "1910-03-19"
deathDate: "1981-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump