# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-koval
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:16:01.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-koval"
name: "George Koval"
slug: "george-koval"
description: "George Abramovich Koval was an American engineer who acted as a Soviet intelligence officer for the Soviet atomic bomb project. Koval's infiltration of the Manhattan Project as a GRU agent reduced the time it took for the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons."
tagline: "American and Soviet intelligence officer (1913–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Putin_handed_over_to_the_GRU_Hero_of_Russia_certificate_bestowed_on_Soviet_intelligence_officer_George_Koval.jpg?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: "1913-12-25"
deathDate: "2006-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.499999999999998
  historical:           17.329456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koval"
    title: "George Koval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84"
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    title: "Georgi Koval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koval"
    title: "George Koval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Koval"
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    title: "George Koval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koval"
    title: "George Koval"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump