# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-davidson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:45:17.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-davidson"
name: "Norman Davidson"
slug: "norman-davidson"
description: "Norman Ralph Davidson was an American molecular biologist notable for advancing genome research, member of the National Academy of Sciences, received a National Medal of Science from U.S. President Bill Clinton, was a professor at Caltech. The New York Times called Davidson \"major figure in advancing genome research ... whose groundbreaking work in molecular biology led to the earliest understanding of the overall structure of genomes\".\nThe Los Angeles Times called him \"a groundbreaking Caltech chemical biologist\".\nPresident Bill Clinton cited the scientist for \"breakthroughs in chemistry and biology which have led to the earliest understanding of the overall structure of genomes\"."
tagline: "American biologist (1916-2002)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1916-04-05"
deathDate: "2002-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump