# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:47:28.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-thompson"
name: "Leonard Thompson"
slug: "leonard-thompson"
description: "Leonard Thompson was the first person to have received an injection of insulin as a treatment for type 1 diabetes."
tagline: "Canadian diabetic (1908-1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonard_Thomson_patient_Insulin_P10046_0001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1908-07-17"
deathDate: "1935-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.250364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson"
    title: "Leonard Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%AF_%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1)"
    title: "ليونارد تومسون (طبيب غدد صماء)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson"
    title: "Leonard Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson"
    title: "Leonard Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson_(diabetic)"
    title: "Leonard Thompson (diabetic)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson"
    title: "Leonard Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson"
    title: "Leonard Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thompson_(onye_nwere_%E1%BB%8Dr%E1%BB%8Ba_shuga)"
    title: "Leonard Thompson (onye nwere ọrịa shuga)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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