# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-m-oliver
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:34:55.918Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-m-oliver"
name: "Bernard M. Oliver"
slug: "bernard-m-oliver"
description: "Bernard More Oliver also known as Barney Oliver, was an American engineer who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers. He was the founder and director of Hewlett-Packard (HP) laboratories until his retirement in 1981. He is also a recognized pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Oliver was president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1965."
tagline: "American scientist (1916–1995)"
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: "1916-05-17"
deathDate: "1995-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.410296000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Оливер, Бернард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D9%85._%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "برنارد إم. أوليفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_M._Oliver"
    title: "Bernard M. Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_M._Oliver"
    title: "Bernard M. Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_M._Oliver"
    title: "Bernard M. Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC"
    title: "バーナード・オリバー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_M._Oliver"
    title: "Bernard M. Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_M._Oliver"
    title: "Bernard M. Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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