# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-balard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:51.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-balard"
name: "Michel Balard"
slug: "michel-balard"
tagline: "French medievalist (1936-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel_Balard_Aufnahme_von_Werner_Maleczek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.673326666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Balard"
    title: "Michel Balard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Balard"
    title: "Michel Balard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Balard"
    title: "Michel Balard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Balard"
    title: "Michel Balard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Balard"
    title: "Michel Balard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Balard"
    title: "Michel Balard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308933"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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