# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-r-hughes-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:06:30.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-r-hughes-sr"
name: "Howard R. Hughes Sr."
slug: "howard-r-hughes-sr"
description: "Howard Robard Hughes Sr. was an American businessman and inventor who founded the Hughes Tool Company. He invented the \"Sharp–Hughes\" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom. Hughes was the father and namesake of Howard Hughes, the American business tycoon and founder of Hughes Aircraft."
tagline: "American businessman (1869–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard_R._Hughes%2C_Sr._in_1917%2C_Houston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1869-09-09"
deathDate: "1924-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.75
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.083926666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovard_Robard_Hyuz"
    title: "Hovard Robard Hyuz"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Robard_Hughes_Sr."
    title: "Howard Robard Hughes Sr."
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_R._Hughes_Sr."
    title: "Howard R. Hughes Sr."
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_R._Hughes_Sr."
    title: "Howard R. Hughes Sr."
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    title: "Howard R. Hughes, Sr."
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Robard_Hughes_Sr."
    title: "Howard Robard Hughes Sr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump