# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolf-v-vishniac
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:29.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolf-v-vishniac"
name: "Wolf V. Vishniac"
slug: "wolf-v-vishniac"
description: "Wolf Vladimir Vishniac was an American microbiologist. He was the son of photographer Roman Vishniac and the father of astronomer Ethan Vishniac. Educated at Brooklyn College and Stanford University, he was a professor of biology at the University of Rochester. He died on a research trip to the Antarctic attempting to retrieve equipment in a crevasse. The crater Vishniac on Mars is named in his honor."
tagline: "American biologist (1922–1973)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1922-04-22"
deathDate: "1973-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.543017333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%83%E5%B0%94%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7V%C2%B7%E7%BB%B4%E4%BB%80%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E5%85%8B"
    title: "沃尔夫·V·维什尼亚克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "وولف فى فيشنياك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_V._Vishniac"
    title: "Wolf V. Vishniac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_V._Vishniac"
    title: "Wolf V. Vishniac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_V._Vishniac"
    title: "Wolf V. Vishniac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BA%2C_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Вишняк, Вольф Владимир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_V._Vishniac"
    title: "Wolf V. Vishniac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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