# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-heimlich
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:56.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-heimlich"
name: "Henry Heimlich"
slug: "henry-heimlich"
description: "Henry Judah Heimlich was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, first described in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system for ambulatory patients and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or \"flutter valve\", which drains blood and air out of the chest cavity."
tagline: "American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver (1920-2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-02-03"
deathDate: "2016-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump