# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-silver
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:08.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-silver"
name: "Bernard Silver"
slug: "bernard-silver"
description: "Bernard Silver was an American electrical engineer who co-invented the barcode alongside Norman Joseph Woodland."
tagline: "American inventor (1924–1963)"
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: "1924-09-21"
deathDate: "1963-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.26
  momentum:             4.622074636306135
  historical:           7.419764000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Silver"
    title: "Bernard Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "برنارد سيلفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Silver"
    title: "Bernard Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Silver"
    title: "Bernard Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "برنارد سیلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Silver"
    title: "Bernard Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Silver"
    title: "Bernard Silver"
    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%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC"
    title: "バーナード・シルバー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1026684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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