# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/umberto-veronesi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:56:51.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/umberto-veronesi"
name: "Umberto Veronesi"
slug: "umberto-veronesi"
description: "Umberto Veronesi was an Italian oncologist, physician, scientist, and politician, internationally known for his contributions on prevention and treatment of breast cancer throughout a career spanning over fifty years. He was the founder and president of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation. He also founded and held the role of scientific director and scientific director emeritus of the European Institute of Oncology. During his life and career, Veronesi was awarded a number of prizes for his contributions."
tagline: "Italian oncologist and politician (1925-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veronesi_Napolitano_(crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-11-28"
deathDate: "2016-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           15.22709866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 182
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Umberto Veronesi"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Veronesi"
    title: "Umberto Veronesi"
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    title: "Umberto Veronesi"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump