# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kai-t-erikson
# Generated: 2026-09-01T10:04:47.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kai-t-erikson"
name: "Kai T. Erikson"
slug: "kai-t-erikson"
description: "Kai Theodor Erikson was an American sociologist, noted as an authority on the social consequences of catastrophic events. He served as the 76th president of the American Sociological Association."
tagline: "American sociologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-12-02"
deathDate: "2025-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.49
  momentum:             3.102319186656537
  historical:           4.157381333333333
  currentAttention:     17.06827309236948
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Theodor_Erikson"
    title: "Kai Theodor Erikson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_T._Erikson"
    title: "Kai T. Erikson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%8C._%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "کای تی. اریکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BBT%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "カイ・T・エリクソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15453281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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