# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bil-herd
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:33.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bil-herd"
name: "Bil Herd"
slug: "bil-herd"
description: "Bil Herd is a computer engineer who created several designs for 8-bit home computers while working for Commodore Business Machines in the early to mid-1980s."
tagline: "Self-taught electronics computer designer who worked for Commodore in the 1980's"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bil_Herd_Commodore_Christmas_Party_1985.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.68
  momentum:             8.79637046239688
  historical:           5.270894666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Herd"
    title: "Bil Herd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Herd"
    title: "Bil Herd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Herd"
    title: "Bil Herd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Herd"
    title: "Bil Herd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Herd"
    title: "Bil Herd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Herd"
    title: "Bil Herd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3447901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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