# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-e-bellman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:06:26.996Z

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name: "Richard E. Bellman"
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description: "Richard Ernest Bellman was an American applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics. He founded the leading biomathematical journal Mathematical Biosciences, as well as the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications."
tagline: "American mathematician (1920–1984)"
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birthDate: "1920-08-26"
deathDate: "1984-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump