# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erich-bloch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:53:19.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erich-bloch"
name: "Erich Bloch"
slug: "erich-bloch"
description: "Erich Bloch was a German-born American electrical engineer and administrator. He was involved with developing IBM's first transistorized supercomputer, 7030 Stretch, and mainframe computer, System/360. He served as director of the National Science Foundation from 1984 to 1990."
tagline: "American electrical engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich_Bloch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-01-09"
deathDate: "2016-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Erich Bloch"
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    title: "Erich Bloch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump