# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-rich
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:45:50.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-rich"
name: "Ben Rich"
slug: "ben-rich"
description: "Benjamin Robert Rich was an American engineer and the second director of Lockheed's Skunk Works from 1975 to 1991, succeeding its founder, Kelly Johnson. Regarded as the \"father of stealth\", Rich was responsible for leading the development of the F-117, the first production stealth aircraft. He also worked on the F-104, U-2, A-12, SR-71, and F-22, among others."
tagline: "American aircraft designer (1925-1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Ben_Rich_pic.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1925-06-18"
deathDate: "1995-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.69
  momentum:             0.5785401950891356
  historical:           6.646553333333334
  currentAttention:     12.52
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Рич, Бенджамин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "بين ريتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "بين ريتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rich"
    title: "Ben Rich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rich_(engineer)"
    title: "Ben Rich (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rich"
    title: "Ben Rich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rich"
    title: "Ben Rich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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