# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-lecomte-du-nouy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:36:28.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-lecomte-du-nouy"
name: "Pierre Lecomte du Noüy"
slug: "pierre-lecomte-du-nouy"
description: "Pierre Lecomte du Noüy was a French biophysicist and philosopher. He is probably best remembered by scientists for his work on the surface tension, and other properties, of liquids."
tagline: "French biophysicist and philosopher (1883-1947)"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1883-12-20"
deathDate: "1947-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بيير ليكومت دو نوى"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Lecomte_du_No%C3%BCy"
    title: "Pierre Lecomte du Noüy"
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    title: "Pierre Lecomte du Noüy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump