# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michio-kaku
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:06:34.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michio-kaku"
name: "Michio Kaku"
slug: "michio-kaku"
description: "Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular science. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several books about physics and related topics and has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film. He is also a regular contributor to his own blog, as well as other popular media outlets. For his efforts to bridge science and science fiction, he is a 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Awardee."
tagline: "U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author (1947-)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1947-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump