# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-batchelor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:09.236Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-batchelor"
name: "Stephen Batchelor"
slug: "stephen-batchelor"
description: "Stephen Batchelor is a Scottish Buddhist author and teacher, known for his writings on Buddhist subjects and his leadership of meditation retreats worldwide. He is a noted proponent of agnostic or secular Buddhism."
tagline: "British Buddhist philosopher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Batchelor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1953-04-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  currentAttention:     3.44
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump