# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-siminovitch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:57:26.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-siminovitch"
name: "Louis Siminovitch"
slug: "louis-siminovitch"
description: "Louis Siminovitch was a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs exploring genetic roots of cancer."
tagline: "Molecular biologist (1920-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Louis_Siminovitch.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-05-15"
deathDate: "2021-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.27
  momentum:             4.298801973220579
  historical:           6.139129333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Louis Siminovitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "لويس سيمينوفيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Siminovitch"
    title: "Louis Siminovitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Siminovitch"
    title: "Louis Siminovitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D9%88%DA%86"
    title: "لوئیس سیمینووچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Siminovitch"
    title: "Louis Siminovitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Симинович, Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4419642"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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