# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georges-sagnac
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:10:56.262Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/georges-sagnac"
name: "Georges Sagnac"
slug: "georges-sagnac"
description: "Georges Sagnac was a French physicist who lent his name to the Sagnac effect, a phenomenon which is at the basis of interferometers and ring laser gyroscopes developed since the 1970s."
tagline: "French physicist who lent his name to the Sagnac effect (1869–1928)"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1869-10-14"
deathDate: "1928-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump