# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-sapolsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:42:51.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-sapolsky"
name: "Robert Sapolsky"
slug: "robert-sapolsky"
description: "Robert Morris Sapolsky is an American academic, neuroscientist, and primatologist. He is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor at Stanford University, where he is also a professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery. Sapolsky's research has focused on neuroendocrinology, particularly relating to stress. He is also a research associate with the National Museums of Kenya."
tagline: "American neuroendocrinology researcher (b. 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Sapolsky-edited.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1957-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump