# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josue-de-castro
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:05:22.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josue-de-castro"
name: "Josué de Castro"
slug: "josue-de-castro"
description: "Josué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro, was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist against world hunger."
tagline: "Brazilian physician, writer and activist against world hunger (1908–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josu%C3%A9_de_Castro_discursa_na_C%C3%A2mara_dos_Deputados%2C_1940.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "BR"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-09-05"
deathDate: "1973-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump