# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valentin-hauy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:55.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valentin-hauy"
name: "Valentin Haüy"
slug: "valentin-hauy"
description: "Valentin Haüy was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris. In 1819, Louis Braille entered this school."
tagline: "Founder of the first school for the blind"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1745-11-13"
deathDate: "1822-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 250
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump