# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-francois-mayer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:55:46.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-francois-mayer"
name: "Jean-François Mayer"
slug: "jean-francois-mayer"
description: "Jean-François Mayer is a Swiss religious historian, author, and translator. He is also Director of the Religioscope Institute, which he founded. His writing focuses on religion, with a particular focus on new religious movements and cults, including the Unification Church, the Church of Scientology and the Pilgrims of Arès."
tagline: "Swiss historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Mayer_by_Jerry_McCrea%2C_1985.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           6.145897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "jfmayer"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9045744/"
    handle:    "nm9045744"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.mayer.info"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جان فرانسوا ماير"
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    title: "جان فرانسوا ماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Mayer"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Jean-François Mayer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump