# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-vazsonyi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:05:24.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-vazsonyi"
name: "Andrew Vázsonyi"
slug: "andrew-vazsonyi"
description: "Andrew Vázsonyi (1916–2003), also known as Endre Weiszfeld and Zepartzatt Gozinto) was a Hungarian mathematician and operations researcher. He is known for Weiszfeld's algorithm for minimizing the sum of distances to a set of points, and for founding The Institute of Management Sciences."
tagline: "American mathematician (1916–2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-11-04"
deathDate: "2003-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.271490666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endre_V%C3%A1zsonyi"
    title: "Endre Vázsonyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9"
    title: "Άντριου Βαζόνι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_V%C3%A1zsonyi"
    title: "Andrew Vázsonyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1zsonyi_Endre_(matematikus)"
    title: "Vázsonyi Endre (matematikus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_V%C3%A1zsonyi"
    title: "Andrew Vázsonyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%96'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_(%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99)"
    title: "אנדרה ואז'וני (מתמטיקאי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758806"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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