# Gideon Sundback

> He made the zipper work. Before Sundback's design, every iteration jammed or split under pressure. His 1913 patent — interlocking metal teeth pulled smooth by a single slider — turned a novelty into infrastructure.

*Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gideon-sundback

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1880-04-24
- **Died:** 1954-06-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was born in Sweden on April 24, 1880, and trained as an electrical engineer before moving to America. In 1913, while working for a fastener company, he cracked the problem that had stalled inventors for years: a reliable closure mechanism with teeth small enough to flex, strong enough to hold, and a slider that married them cleanly. The patent turned fasteners from a curiosity into an industrial standard. He died on June 21, 1954, his name largely forgotten but his device sewn into nearly everything.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.8 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Business Professional, #Entrepreneurship, #Science, #Sweden, #Europe, #20th Century

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