# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/spencer-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:18:41.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/spencer-wells"
name: "Spencer Wells"
slug: "spencer-wells"
description: "Rush Spencer Wells is an American geneticist, anthropologist, author and entrepreneur. He co-hosts The Insight podcast with Razib Khan. Wells led The Genographic Project from 2005 to 2015, as an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society."
tagline: "American geneticist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spencer_Wells.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1969-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "spwells"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/drspencerwells/"
    handle:    "drspencerwells"
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    handle:    "DrSpencerWells"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2209365/"
    handle:    "nm2209365"
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    url:       "https://www.spencerwells.net/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump