# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-garns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:51:42.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-garns"
name: "Howard Garns"
slug: "howard-garns"
description: "Howard Garns was an American architect who gained fame only after his death as the creator of Number Place, the number puzzle that became a worldwide phenomenon under the name Sudoku."
tagline: "American architect and creator of Sudoku (1905–1989)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1905-03-02"
deathDate: "1989-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.696222666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Garns"
    title: "Howard Garns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "هوارد جارنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "هوارد جارنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Garns"
    title: "Howard Garns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Garns"
    title: "Howard Garns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Garns"
    title: "Howard Garns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1631817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump