# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jozsef-marek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:38:36.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jozsef-marek"
name: "József Marek"
slug: "jozsef-marek"
description: "József Marek was a Hungarian veterinarian and scientist. Marek is best known for his discovery of the poultry disease that would eventually bear his name, Marek's disease. In his lifetime, Marek was known for his studies into various veterinary diseases, and particularly for his co-authorship of a textbook of veterinary internal medicine, which was translated into multiple languages and remained in print for over fifty years."
tagline: "Hungarian scientist (1868–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marek_J%C3%B3zsef_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1868-03-18"
deathDate: "1952-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.470662666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Йожеф Марек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "يوزيف ماريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Marek_(veterin%C3%A1%C5%99)"
    title: "Josef Marek (veterinář)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Marek"
    title: "Josef Marek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Marek"
    title: "József Marek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Marek"
    title: "József Marek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_J%C3%B3zsef"
    title: "Marek József"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Марек, Йожеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Marek_(veterin%C3%A1r)"
    title: "Jozef Marek (veterinár)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368678"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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