# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-kurtz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:45:25.901Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-kurtz"
name: "Paul Kurtz"
slug: "paul-kurtz"
description: "Paul Kurtz was an American scientific skeptic, philosopher and secular humanist. He has been called \"the father of secular humanism\". He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, having previously also taught at Vassar, Trinity, and Union colleges, and the New School for Social Research."
tagline: "American professor of philosophy (1925-2012)"
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birthDate: "1925-12-21"
deathDate: "2012-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump