# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sue-savage-rumbaugh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:34:11.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sue-savage-rumbaugh"
name: "Sue Savage-Rumbaugh"
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description: "Emily Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is an American psychologist and primatologist most known for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities using lexigrams and computer-based keyboards. Originally based at Georgia State University's Language Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, she worked at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary in Des Moines, Iowa from 2006 until her departure in November 2013."
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birthDate: "1946-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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