# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-francois-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-16T01:11:46.175Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-francois-mertens"
name: "Jean-François Mertens"
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description: "Jean-François Mertens was a Belgian game theorist and mathematical economist."
tagline: "Belgian game theorist (1946-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Francois_Mertens.jpg?width=1200"
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birthDate: "1946-03-11"
deathDate: "2012-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump