# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-schwimmer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:41.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-schwimmer"
name: "Al Schwimmer"
slug: "al-schwimmer"
description: "Adolph William Schwimmer was an American-born Israeli pilot, aerospace engineer, and businessman. After serving as an engineer in the Army Air Transport Command during World War II, he provided crucial, albeit illegal support to what would become the Israeli Air Force by smuggling American warplanes to Israel during its war of independence. After immigrating to Israel in 1951, he founded and became the first CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries."
tagline: "Israeli aerospace engineer and businessman (1917-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Schwimmer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1917-06-10"
deathDate: "2011-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.74
  momentum:             6.828358208955224
  historical:           8.579593333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schwimmer"
    title: "Al Schwimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "آل شويمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schwimmer"
    title: "Al Schwimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schwimmer"
    title: "Al Schwimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schwimmer"
    title: "Al Schwimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A8"
    title: "אל שווימר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_William_Schwimmer"
    title: "Adolph William Schwimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schwimmer"
    title: "Al Schwimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Швиммер, Аль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Аль Швіммер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2594380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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