# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-gosling
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:27:08.953Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-gosling"
name: "James Gosling"
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description: "James Arthur Gosling is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language."
tagline: "Canadian computer scientist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1955-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
  category: 111
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill