# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-rotheim
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:13.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-rotheim"
name: "Erik Rotheim"
slug: "erik-rotheim"
description: "Erik Andreas Rotheim was a Norwegian professional chemical engineer and inventor. He is best known for invention of the first aerosol spray can and valve that could hold and dispense fluids."
tagline: "Norwegian engineer (1898–1938)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Invention_sketch.jpg/330px-Invention_sketch.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1898-09-19"
deathDate: "1938-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.943593333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "เอริค โรเธม"
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    title: "Erik Rotheim"
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    title: "Erik Rotheim"
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    title: "اریک روتهیم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rotheim"
    title: "Erik Rotheim"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rotheim"
    title: "Erik Rotheim"
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  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rotheim"
    title: "Erik Rotheim"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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