# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-c-astour
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:58:21.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-c-astour"
name: "Michael C. Astour"
slug: "michael-c-astour"
description: "Michael Czernichow Astour was professor of Yiddish and Russian literature at Brandeis University and from 1969 professor of history at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville."
tagline: "Ukrainian orientalist"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1916-12-17"
deathDate: "2004-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.536969333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Astour"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Astour"
    title: "Michael Astour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مایکل استور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Astour"
    title: "Michael Astour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Astur"
    title: "Michael Astur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Астур, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Майкл Астур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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