# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miguel-ondetti
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:16:35.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miguel-ondetti"
name: "Miguel Ondetti"
slug: "miguel-ondetti"
description: "Miguel Angel Ondetti was an Argentine-born American chemist who first synthesized captopril, the first ACE inhibitor that was used to treat heart disease. With his co-worker, David Cushman, he won the 1999 Lasker Award, with David Cushman, for: \"developing an innovative approach to drug design based on protein structure and using it to create the ACE inhibitors, powerful oral agents for the treatment of high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease\"."
tagline: "American biochemist (1930-2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-05-14"
deathDate: "2004-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.869798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ondetti"
    title: "Miguel Ondetti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "ميغيل أونديتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ondetti"
    title: "Miguel Ondetti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ondetti"
    title: "Miguel Ondetti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Ondetti"
    title: "Miguel Ángel Ondetti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ondetti"
    title: "Miguel Ondetti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6844712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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