# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-shannon
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:54:48.080Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-shannon"
name: "Betty Shannon"
slug: "betty-shannon"
description: "Betty Shannon was an American mathematician and the main research collaborator of Claude Shannon. Betty inspired and assisted Claude in building some of his most famous inventions."
tagline: "American mathematician"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1922-04-14"
deathDate: "2017-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump