# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-howard-armstrong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:16.157Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-howard-armstrong"
name: "Edwin Howard Armstrong"
slug: "edwin-howard-armstrong"
description: "Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American radio-frequency engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system."
tagline: "American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1890-12-18"
deathDate: "1954-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump