# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-ballas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:48:36.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-ballas"
name: "George Ballas"
slug: "george-ballas"
description: "George Charles Ballas Sr. was an American entrepreneur. He invented the first string trimmer, known as the Weed Eater in 1971. He was the father of ballroom dancer Corky Ballas and grandfather of professional dancer Mark Ballas of Dancing with the Stars."
tagline: "American entrepreneur and inventor (1925-2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1925-06-28"
deathDate: "2011-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             23.26263800116212
  historical:           5.379814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جورج بالاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "چورچ بالاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ballas"
    title: "George Ballas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ballas"
    title: "George Ballas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BB_%D4%B2%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BD"
    title: "Ջորջ Բոլաս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Боллас, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5536660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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