# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-saffir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:06:06.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-saffir"
name: "Herbert Saffir"
slug: "herbert-saffir"
description: "Herbert Seymour Saffir was an American civil engineer who co-developed the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale for measuring the intensity of hurricanes. As recently as 2005 Saffir was the principal of Saffir Engineering in Coral Gables, Florida. He also published articles on designing buildings for high wind resistance."
tagline: "American civil engineer, co-author of the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricanes"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herbert_Saffir_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1917-03-29"
deathDate: "2007-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.54
  momentum:             6.818181818181819
  historical:           9.413536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "赫伯特·萨菲尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Saffir"
    title: "Herbert Saffir"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2557554"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump