# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuri-knorozov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:15.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuri-knorozov"
name: "Yuri Knorozov"
slug: "yuri-knorozov"
description: "Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist. He is best known for the key role he played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica."
tagline: "Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuri_Knorozov_2022_stamp_of_Russia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1922-11-19"
deathDate: "1999-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           22.37162
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump