# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-widlar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:36:35.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-widlar"
name: "Bob Widlar"
slug: "bob-widlar"
description: "Robert John Widlar was an American electronics engineer and a designer of linear integrated circuits (ICs)."
tagline: "American electrical engineer (1937–1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Widlar_-_NatSemi_LM10_360px.jpg"
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: "1937-11-30"
deathDate: "1991-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.850112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AE%91%E4%BC%AF%C2%B7%E9%9F%8B%E5%8B%92"
    title: "鮑伯·韋勒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar"
    title: "Bob Widlar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Widlar"
    title: "Robert Widlar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar"
    title: "Bob Widlar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "باب ویدلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar"
    title: "Bob Widlar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ボブ・ワイドラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar"
    title: "Bob Widlar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar"
    title: "Bob Widlar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Видлар, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Роберт Відлар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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