# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/felix-zandman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:17:32.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/felix-zandman"
name: "Felix Zandman"
slug: "felix-zandman"
description: "Felix Zandman was a Polish-born American entrepreneur and founder of Vishay Intertechnology – one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic components. From 1946 to 1949 he studied in France at the University of Nancy physics and engineering. In parallel, he was enrolled in a Grande école of engineering Ensem. He received a Ph.D. at the Sorbonne as a physicist on a subject of photoelasticity. He was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1962."
tagline: "Polish businessman"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1928-05-07"
deathDate: "2011-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             2.209631728045326
  historical:           8.595397333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Зандман, Феликс"
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    title: "Фелікс Зандман"
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    title: "Felix Zandman"
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    title: "Felix Zandman"
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    title: "Felix Zandman"
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    title: "Ֆելիքս Զանդման"
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    title: "Felix Zandman"
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    title: "Felix Zandman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump