# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-israel
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:21:06.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-israel"
name: "Werner Israel"
slug: "werner-israel"
description: "Werner Israel was a theoretical physicist known for his contributions to gravitational theory, and especially to the understanding of black holes."
tagline: "Canadian physicist (1931–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-10-04"
deathDate: "2022-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           14.217244
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump