# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kamoya-kimeu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:23:40.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kamoya-kimeu"
name: "Kamoya Kimeu"
slug: "kamoya-kimeu"
description: "Kamoya Kimeu was a Kenyan paleontologist and curator, whose contributions to the field of paleoanthropology were recognised with the National Geographic Society's LaGorce Medal and with an honorary doctorate of science degree from Case Western Reserve University."
tagline: "Kenyan paleoanthropologist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1938"
deathDate: "2022-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.681390666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كامويا كيميو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كامويا كيميو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoya_Kimeu"
    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoya_Kimeu"
    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoya_Kimeu"
    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoya_Kimeu"
    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoya_Kimeu"
    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoya_Kimeu"
    title: "Kamoya Kimeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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