# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zoltan-pal-dienes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:59.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zoltan-pal-dienes"
name: "Zoltán Pál Dienes"
slug: "zoltan-pal-dienes"
description: "Zoltán Pál Dienes, anglicized as Zoltan Paul Dienes, was a Hungarian mathematician whose ideas on education have been popular in some countries.\nHe was a world-famous theorist and tireless practitioner of the \"new mathematics\": an approach to mathematics learning that uses games, songs, and dance to make it more appealing to children. He is credited with the creation of base ten blocks, popularly referred to as Dienes blocks."
tagline: "Hungarian mathematician"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1916-09-11"
deathDate: "2014-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.zoltandienes.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump