# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-rogallo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:56:18.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-rogallo"
name: "Francis Rogallo"
slug: "francis-rogallo"
description: "Francis Melvin Rogallo was an American aeronautical engineer inventor born in Sanger, California, U.S. Together with his wife, he is credited with the invention of the Rogallo wing, or \"flexible wing\", a precursor to the modern hang glider and paraglider. His patents were ranged over mechanical utility patents and ornamental design patents for wing controls, airfoils, target kite, flexible wing, and advanced configurations for flexible wing vehicles."
tagline: "Inventor of the Rogallo wing (1912-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Rogallo_(LRC-1959-B701_P-04345)_(cropped).tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1912-01-27"
deathDate: "2009-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.079626666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D2%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Френсіс Роґалло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AD"
    title: "フランシス・ロガロ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"
    title: "Francis Rogallo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1441723"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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