# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-kirsch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:00:58.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-kirsch"
name: "Steve Kirsch"
slug: "steve-kirsch"
description: "Steven Todd Kirsch is an American entrepreneur. He has started several companies and was one of two independent inventors of the optical mouse. Kirsch has been both a philanthropic supporter of medical research, and a promoter of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Kirsch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.59
  momentum:             5.471307324582727
  historical:           6.201409333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/STKirsch"
    handle:    "STKirsch"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/steve.kirsch1"
    handle:    "steve.kirsch1"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekirsch/"
    handle:    "stevekirsch"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.skirsch.io/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "اسٹیو کرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "ستيف كيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "ستيف كيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kirsch"
    title: "Steve Kirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kirsch"
    title: "Steve Kirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5"
    title: "スティーブ・キルシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kirsch"
    title: "Steve Kirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2347079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump