# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shammai-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:31:21.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shammai-the-elder"
name: "Shammai the elder"
slug: "shammai-the-elder"
description: "Shammai also known as Shammai the Elder was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah. Shammai was the most eminent contemporary of the sage and scholar Hillel."
tagline: "Jewish scholar and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah (50 BCE-30 CE)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PikiWiki_Israel_42189_Shamais_tomb_in_Mt._Meron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-50"
deathDate: "30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.02030933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Xammai"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Schammai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shammai"
    title: "Shammai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamai"
    title: "Shamai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xammai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "שמאי הזקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Šamaj"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamai"
    title: "Shamai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shammai"
    title: "Shammai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjammai"
    title: "Sjammai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "שמאי הזקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump