# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-zamecnik
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:00:05.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-zamecnik"
name: "Paul Zamecnik"
slug: "paul-zamecnik"
description: "Paul Charles Zamecnik was an American scientist who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology. He was a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital."
tagline: "American geneticist (1912-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulZamecnik1966.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1912-11-22"
deathDate: "2009-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.338913333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Paul Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بول زاميكنيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بول زاميكنيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zamecnik"
    title: "Paul Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zamecnik"
    title: "Paul Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zamecnik"
    title: "Paul Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zamecnik"
    title: "Paul Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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