# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lex-fridman
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:52:36.190Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lex-fridman"
name: "Lex Fridman"
slug: "lex-fridman"
description: "Alexei \"Lex\" Fridman is an American computer scientist and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted the Lex Fridman Podcast, where he interviews notable figures from various fields such as science, technology, sports, the arts, and politics."
tagline: "American computer scientist and podcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lex_Fridman_teaching_at_MIT_in_2018.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1983-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
  category: 7
totalFollowers: 5018780
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump