# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-o-may
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:03:34.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-o-may"
name: "Kenneth O. May"
slug: "kenneth-o-may"
description: "Kenneth Ownsworth May was an American mathematician and historian of mathematics, who developed May's theorem."
tagline: "American mathematician (1915–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenneth_O._May_(IHCM).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-07-08"
deathDate: "1977-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.85714285714285
  historical:           11.33916533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Kenneth May"
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    title: "Kenneth May"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump