# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-polley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:22.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-polley"
name: "Eugene Polley"
slug: "eugene-polley"
description: "Eugene Joseph Polley was an electrical engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics who invented the first wireless remote control for television."
tagline: "Engineer, inventor of remote control, 1915-2012"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugene_Polley_Emmy_Award_1995.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-11-29"
deathDate: "2012-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           17.28855466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump