# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-bernstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:35:01.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-bernstein"
name: "William J. Bernstein"
slug: "william-j-bernstein"
description: "William J. Bernstein is an American financial theorist and neurologist. His research is in the field of modern portfolio theory and he has published books for individual investors who wish to manage their own equity portfolios, as well as history. He lives in Portland, Oregon. His bestselling books include The Birth of Plenty and A Splendid Exchange."
tagline: "American neurologist & financial writer (1948-)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1948"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.505942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Bernstein"
    title: "William J. Bernstein"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Бернстайн, Уильям"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump