# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-burgdorfer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:47:47.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-burgdorfer"
name: "Wilhelm Burgdorfer"
slug: "wilhelm-burgdorfer"
description: "Wilhelm Burgdorfer was a Swiss-American scientist and an international leader in the field of medical entomology. He discovered the bacterial pathogen that causes Lyme disease, a spirochete named Borrelia burgdorferi in his honor."
tagline: "American biologist (1925–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Dr_Willy_Burgdorfer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-06-27"
deathDate: "2014-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.25508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Бургдорфер, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "ويلى بورجدورفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%91%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%84%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Уили Бъргдорфър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burgdorfer"
    title: "Willy Burgdorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burgdorfer"
    title: "Willy Burgdorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burgdorfer"
    title: "Willy Burgdorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burgdorfer"
    title: "Willy Burgdorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burgdorfer"
    title: "Willy Burgdorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2581876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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