# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-tomasello
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:30:54.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-tomasello"
name: "Michael Tomasello"
slug: "michael-tomasello"
description: "Michael Tomasello is an American developmental and comparative psychologist, as well as a linguist. He is professor of psychology at Duke University."
tagline: "American developmental psychologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2009_Michael_Thomassello.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump