# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malcolm-kerr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:46:12.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malcolm-kerr"
name: "Malcolm Kerr"
slug: "malcolm-kerr"
description: "Malcolm Hooper Kerr was a Lebanese-born American university professor specializing in the Middle East and the Arab world. He served as president of the American University of Beirut from 1982 until he was assassinated by gunmen in 1984."
tagline: "American political scientist and academic"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Malcolm_H._Kerr.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-10-08"
deathDate: "1984-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.966546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Kerr_(Politikwissenschaftler)"
    title: "Malcolm Kerr (Politikwissenschaftler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مالكولم هوبر كير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مالكولم هوبر كير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "מלקולם קר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_H._Kerr"
    title: "Malcolm H. Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_H._Kerr"
    title: "Malcolm H. Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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