# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-edward-hellman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:47.797Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-edward-hellman"
name: "Martin Edward Hellman"
slug: "martin-edward-hellman"
description: "Martin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence."
tagline: "American cryptologist (born 1945)"
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birthDate: "1945-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump