# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/an-wang
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:03:58.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/an-wang"
name: "An Wang"
slug: "an-wang"
description: "An Wang was a Chinese-American computer engineer and inventor, and cofounder of computer company Wang Laboratories, which was known primarily for its dedicated word processing machines. An Wang was an important contributor to the development of magnetic-core memory."
tagline: "American businessman (1920–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/An_Wang_in_1979.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-02-07"
deathDate: "1990-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.071732954545457
  historical:           17.65612933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump