# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-apostel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:33:02.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-apostel"
name: "Leo Apostel"
slug: "leo-apostel"
description: "Leo Apostel was a Belgian philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities."
tagline: "Belgian philosopher/professor:Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Ghent University (1925–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L_Apostel_1980.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-09-04"
deathDate: "1995-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump