# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-birnbaum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:42:03.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-birnbaum"
name: "Norman Birnbaum"
slug: "norman-birnbaum"
description: "Norman Birnbaum was an American sociologist. He was an emeritus professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, and a member of the editorial board of The Nation. In 2017 he received Germany's highest award, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit."
tagline: "American sociologist (1926-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman_Birnbaum_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-07-21"
deathDate: "2019-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Norman Birnbaum"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Birnbaum"
    title: "Norman Birnbaum"
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    title: "Norman Birnbaum"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump