# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-s-osborne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:04:44.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-s-osborne"
name: "Harold S. Osborne"
slug: "harold-s-osborne"
description: "Harold Smith Osborne was an American electrical engineer. He worked for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company for forty years, leading the team that developed the system that enabled long-distance dialing. He was president of the Regional Plan Association and served as the mayor of Montclair, New Jersey."
tagline: "American electrical engineer (1887–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harold_S._Osborne.jpg/330px-Harold_S._Osborne.jpg"
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: "1887-08-01"
deathDate: "1985-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.28
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.801908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هارولد إس. أوسبورن"
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    title: "هرولد آزبورن"
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    title: "هرولد آزبورن"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Smith_Osborne"
    title: "Harold Smith Osborne"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump