# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-jose-linz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:38:14.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-jose-linz"
name: "Juan José Linz"
slug: "juan-jose-linz"
description: "Juan José Linz Storch de Gracia was a German-born Spanish sociologist and political scientist specializing in comparative politics. From 1961 he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Yale University and later also an honorary member of the Scientific Council at the Juan March Institute. He is best known for his work on authoritarian political regimes and democratization."
tagline: "Spanish sociologist and political scientist (1926–2013)"
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birthDate: "1926-12-24"
deathDate: "2013-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump