# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-walton-lillehei
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:08:21.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-walton-lillehei"
name: "C. Walton Lillehei"
slug: "c-walton-lillehei"
description: "Clarence Walton Lillehei, was an American surgeon who pioneered open-heart surgery, as well as numerous techniques, equipment and prostheses for cardiothoracic surgery."
tagline: "American cardiologist (1918–1999)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1918-10-23"
deathDate: "1999-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.42
  momentum:             17.36885245901639
  historical:           9.187657333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%A6%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E6%B2%83%E5%B0%94%E9%A1%BF%C2%B7%E6%9D%8E%E6%8B%89%E6%B5%B7"
    title: "克拉伦斯·沃尔顿·李拉海"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "Clarence Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "C. Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "C. Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "C. Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "C. Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "C. Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "Clarence Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Walton_Lillehei"
    title: "Clarence Walton Lillehei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лиллехай, Кларенс Уолтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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