# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-till
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:16:09.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-till"
name: "James Till"
slug: "james-till"
description: "James Edgar Till was a Canadian biophysicist at the University of Toronto, best known for demonstrating – in a partnership with Ernest McCulloch – the existence of stem cells."
tagline: "Canadian biophysicist (1931–2025)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Prof_James_E_Till_UofT_Apr18.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-08-25"
deathDate: "2025-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/jimtill"
    handle:    "jimtill"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Till"
    title: "James Till"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Till"
    title: "James Till"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Тілл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump