# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mirrlees
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:06:56.692Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mirrlees"
name: "James Mirrlees"
slug: "james-mirrlees"
description: "Sir James Alexander Mirrlees was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours."
tagline: "Scottish economist (1936-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_James_Mirrlees.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1936-07-05"
deathDate: "2018-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump