# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-assmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:59.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-assmann"
name: "Jan Assmann"
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description: "Johann Christoph \"Jan\" Assmann was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion scholar."
tagline: "German egyptologist (1938–2024)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1938-07-07"
deathDate: "2024-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump