# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-okrand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:22:33.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-okrand"
name: "Marc Okrand"
slug: "marc-okrand"
description: "Marc Okrand is an American linguist. His professional work is in Native American languages, and he is well known as the creator of the Klingon language in the Star Trek science fiction franchise."
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1948-07-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump