# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luc-burgin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:41:41.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luc-burgin"
name: "Luc Bürgin"
slug: "luc-burgin"
description: "Luc Bürgin was a Swiss writer, publicist, and journalist. From 1996 to 2002, Bürgin studied German literature, folklore, musicology, media studies and sociology at the University of Basel. He has served as a journalist for Basler Zeitung Medien and as editor in chief of Baslerstab. He is best known for his writings on fringe science and popular science. Bürgin died on 11 May 2024, at the age of 53."
tagline: "Swiss writer (1970–2024)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970-08-19"
deathDate: "2024-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.475270666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lucbuergin.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_B%C3%BCrgin"
    title: "Luc Bürgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لوك بورجين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Люк Бюргин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_B%C3%BCrgin"
    title: "Luc Bürgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_B%C3%BCrgin"
    title: "Luc Bürgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_B%C3%BCrgin"
    title: "Luc Bürgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1872913"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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