# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-s-rogers-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:19:52.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-s-rogers-sr"
name: "Edward S. Rogers Sr."
slug: "edward-s-rogers-sr"
description: "Edward Samuel Rogers Sr. was a Canadian inventor and pioneer in the radio industry who founded the Rogers Vacuum Tube Company and the CFRB radio station in Toronto, Ontario. His only child, Edward S. Rogers Jr., established Rogers Communications."
tagline: "Canadian businessman (1900–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_S._Rogers_Sr.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1900-06-21"
deathDate: "1939-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.964329333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D8%B3._%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "إدوارد إس. روجرز سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ادوارد اس. روجرز سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Rogers_Sr."
    title: "Edward S. Rogers Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Rogers_Sr."
    title: "Edward S. Rogers Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5345183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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