# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaston-glock
# Generated: 2026-09-01T20:16:31.310Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/gaston-glock"
name: "Gaston Glock"
slug: "gaston-glock"
description: "Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963. When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development of HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models. The first Glock pistol, chambered in 9x19mm and named the Glock 17 because of it being Gaston Glock's 17th patent, and not because it holds 17 rounds, entered Austrian military and police service in 1982. It became one of the most influential and popular handguns of the 20th century, leading to a succession of other models in a variety of sizes and chamberings as well as an industry-wide trend toward polymer-frame, striker-fired pistols."
tagline: "Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock (1929–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Gaston_Glock.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AT"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1929-07-19"
deathDate: "2023-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump