# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-sacks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:03:40.098Z

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name: "Oliver Sacks"
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description: "Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer."
tagline: "British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1933-07-09"
deathDate: "2015-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump