# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tawfiq-canaan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:59:24.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tawfiq-canaan"
name: "Tawfiq Canaan"
slug: "tawfiq-canaan"
description: "Tawfiq Canaan was a pioneering Palestinian physician, medical researcher, ethnographer, and Palestinian nationalist. Born in Beit Jala during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, he served as a medical officer in the Ottoman army during World War I."
tagline: "Palestinian physician and author (1882-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tawfiq_Canaan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1882-09-24"
deathDate: "1964-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.91
  momentum:             0.909090909090909
  historical:           8.096510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Tawfiq Canaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توفيق كنعان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توفيق كنعان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofiq_K%C9%99nan"
    title: "Tofiq Kənan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfiq_Canaan"
    title: "Tawfiq Canaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfiq_Canaan"
    title: "Tawfiq Canaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%82_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توفیق کنعان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfiq_Canaan"
    title: "Tawfiq Canaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "תאופיק כנעאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2917383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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