Kim Peek

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded Outstanding Achievement Award from the National Association for the Mentally Retarded (2004)
gptkbp:birthDate 1951-11-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Salt_Lake_City,_Utah,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Salt_Lake_City_Cemetery
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:deathDate 2009-12-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Salt_Lake_City,_Utah,_USA
gptkbp:diagnosedBy macrocephaly
agenesis of the corpus callosum
gptkbp:education did not attend formal school after age 9
gptkbp:fullName Laurence Kim Peek
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kim Peek
gptkbp:intelligence below average (verbal IQ high, performance IQ low)
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:savant_syndrome
inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the film Rain Man
gptkbp:mediaAppearance gptkb:60_Minutes
The Real Rain Man (documentary)
gptkbp:memorizedBooks at least 12,000
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableAbility exceptional memory
calendar calculation
reading and memorizing books quickly
gptkbp:occupation megasavant
gptkbp:parent Fran Peek
Jeanne Peek
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:Rain_Man
Dustin Hoffman (as Raymond Babbitt, inspired by Peek)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Latter-day_Saint_(Mormon)
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Rain_Man
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peek
gptkb:Barry_Morrow
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6