# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:58:08.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-jacobs"
name: "Jane Jacobs"
slug: "jane-jacobs"
description: "Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that \"urban renewal\" and \"slum clearance\" did not respect the needs of city-dwellers."
tagline: "American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist (1916–2006)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1916-05-04"
deathDate: "2006-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump