# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-a-murphy-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:32.078Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-a-murphy-jr"
name: "Edward A. Murphy, Jr."
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description: "Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake \"Murphy's law\", which is said to be \"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong\"."
tagline: "American engineer, coiner of Murphy's law (1918–1990)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1918-01-11"
deathDate: "1990-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump