# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mario-pei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:45:13.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mario-pei"
name: "Mario Pei"
slug: "mario-pei"
description: "Mario Andrew Pei was an Italian-born American linguist and polyglot who wrote a number of popular books known for their accessibility to readers without a professional background in linguistics. His book The Story of Language (1949) was acclaimed for its presentation of technical linguistics concepts in ways that were entertaining and accessible to a general audience."
tagline: "American linguist and philologist (1901-1978)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Mario_Pei_%281901%E2%80%931978%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-02-16"
deathDate: "1978-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8405797101449276
  historical:           9.413464000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 62
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1zsxYffuN9ExI7iJbRC5Q"
    handle:    "Mario Pei - Topic"
    followers: 62
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    title: "Mario Pei"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mario Pei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Pei"
    title: "Mario Pei"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Pei"
    title: "Mario Pei"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%BE%DB%8C"
    title: "ماریو پی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mario Pei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Pei"
    title: "Mario Pei"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Pei"
    title: "Mario Pei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mario Pei"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump