# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zoltan-istvan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:38.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zoltan-istvan"
name: "Zoltan Istvan"
slug: "zoltan-istvan"
description: "Zoltan Istvan Gyurko is an American transhumanist, former National Geographic journalist, and international speaker. Istvan is the author of The Transhumanist Wager, a philosophical science fiction novel."
tagline: "American writer, futurist, philosopher and transhumanist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zoltan_Istvan_public_profile_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1973-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.23438533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1080
platforms:
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    handle:    "zoltan_istvan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/zoltan_istvan/"
    handle:    "zoltan_istvan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "TheTranshumanistWager"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
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    handle:    "zoltan-istvan-78aa2964"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7193091/"
    handle:    "nm7193091"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQgqiBSfyZZ7_7kaFNA9biA"
    handle:    "@zoltanistvan"
    followers: 1080
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زولتان استفان"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Zoltan Istvan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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