# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-f-marx
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:24:03.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-f-marx"
name: "Robert F. Marx"
slug: "robert-f-marx"
description: "Robert F. Marx was an American pioneer in scuba diving, a prolific author, and was best known for his work as an avocational marine archaeologist. Over his career, he discovered over 5000 shipwrecks in over 60 countries. Although some accused him of treasure hunting, fellow avocational archeologist E. Lee Spence described Marx as the \"true father of underwater archaeology\". Marx also helped write UNESCO legislation regarding shipwrecks."
tagline: "Scuba diver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linder_and_Bob_Marx_1982.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: "1936-12-08"
deathDate: "2019-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.65
  momentum:             1.175257731958763
  historical:           7.886178666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "روبرت إف. ماركس"
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    title: "روبرت اف. ماركس"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Marx"
    title: "Robert F. Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Marx"
    title: "Robert F. Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Marx"
    title: "Robert F. Marx"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump