# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harvey-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:16:37.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harvey-ball"
name: "Harvey Ball"
slug: "harvey-ball"
description: "Harvey Ross Ball was an American commercial artist. In 1963, he created a design for a pin back button, that played a pivotal role in the adoption of the modern day smiley face. Ball was approached by marketing director Joy Young of State Mutual Life Assurance Company in 1963, with the instructions to design “a little smile”."
tagline: "American artist (1921–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harvey_Ball_1998.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1921-07-10"
deathDate: "2001-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.85810933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "哈维·鲍尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هارفي بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball"
    title: "Harvey Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball"
    title: "Harvey Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "هاروی بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball"
    title: "Harvey Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%9C"
    title: "הארווי בל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball"
    title: "Harvey Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ハーベイ・ボール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball"
    title: "Harvey Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8"
    title: "Болл, Харви"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump