# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-tauc
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:37:50.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-tauc"
name: "Jan Tauc"
slug: "jan-tauc"
description: "Jan Tauc was a Czech-American physicist who introduced the concepts of Tauc gap and Tauc plot to the optical characterization of solids. Born in Bohemia, he emigrated to the United States in 1969, where he received citizenship in 1978, and worked for the rest of his life."
tagline: "Czech-American physicist (1922-2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Jan_Tauc.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1922-04-15"
deathDate: "2010-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.4
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "Тауц, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "چان تاوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "جان تائوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tauc"
    title: "Jan Tauc"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tauc"
    title: "Jan Tauc"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "یان تائوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tauc"
    title: "Jan Tauc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4452771"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump