# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waldo-r-tobler
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:19.489Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waldo-r-tobler"
name: "Waldo R. Tobler"
slug: "waldo-r-tobler"
description: "Waldo Rudolph Tobler was an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer. Tobler is regarded as one of the most influential geographers and cartographers of the late 20th century and early 21st century. He is best known for coining what has come to be referred to as Tobler's first law of geography. He also coined what has come to be referred to as Tobler's second law of geography."
tagline: "American geographer (1930–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waldo_Tobler_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-11-16"
deathDate: "2018-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump