# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiram-percy-maxim
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:59:01.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiram-percy-maxim"
name: "Hiram Percy Maxim"
slug: "hiram-percy-maxim"
description: "Hiram Percy Maxim  was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer, and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines."
tagline: "American automotive pioneer (1869–1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiram_Percy_Maxim.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1869-08-02"
deathDate: "1936-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.53
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.654072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "حيرام بيرسي مكسيم"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Percy_Maxim"
    title: "Hiram Percy Maxim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Percy_Maxim"
    title: "Hiram Percy Maxim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiram Percy Maxim"
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    title: "Hiram Percy Maxim"
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    title: "Hiram Percy Maxim"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump