# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frances-spence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:20.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frances-spence"
name: "Frances Spence"
slug: "frances-spence"
description: "Frances V. Spence was an American physicist and computer scientist. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC. She is considered one of the first computer programmers in history."
tagline: "American physicist and computer scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frances_Bilas_Spence_feeding_punch_cards_into_ENIAC%2C_Feb_1946.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1922-03-02"
deathDate: "2012-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.58426966292135
  historical:           20.56296133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 183
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frances Spence"
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    title: "Frances Spence"
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    title: "Frances Spence"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump