# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-marinoff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:26:23.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-marinoff"
name: "Lou Marinoff"
slug: "lou-marinoff"
description: "Lou Marinoff is a Canadian-born academic, author, and Commonwealth Scholar. He is Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies at The City College of New York and founding President of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. He is known for his books, including Plato Not Prozac, Therapy for the Sane, The Middle Way and The Power of Dao, which focus on applying philosophical concepts to address everyday challenges."
tagline: "Canadian philosopher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Marinoff_at_Taplow_Court%2C_UK.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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birthDate: "1951-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.061571125265393
  historical:           6.152089333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump