# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaclav-smil
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:31:00.359Z

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name: "Vaclav Smil"
slug: "vaclav-smil"
description: "Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. He has also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China."
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birthDate: "1943-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump