# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valmik-thapar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:23:12.556Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valmik-thapar"
name: "Valmik Thapar"
slug: "valmik-thapar"
description: "Valmik Thapar was an Indian naturalist, conservationist and writer. He was the author of 14 books and several articles, and was the producer of a range of programmes for television. He was one of India's most respected wildlife experts and conservationists, having produced and narrated documentaries on India's natural habitat for such media as the BBC, Animal Planet, Discovery and National Geographic."
tagline: "Conservationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valmik_thapar_200.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952"
deathDate: "2025-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.37
  momentum:             11.36612021857924
  historical:           7.076366666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2838280/"
    handle:    "nm2838280"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤالميك ثاپار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "বাল্মিক থাপাৰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "വാല്മീക് താപർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ବାଲ୍ମିକ ଥାପର"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "வால்மிக் தாப்பர்"
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    title: "వాల్మికి థాపర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5054335"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1347574"
    title: "Valmik Thapar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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