# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-a-getting
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:03.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-a-getting"
name: "Ivan A. Getting"
slug: "ivan-a-getting"
description: "Ivan Alexander Getting was an American physicist and electrical engineer, credited with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS). He was the co-leader of the research group which developed the SCR-584, an automatic microwave tracking fire-control system, which enabled M9 Gun Director directed anti-aircraft guns to destroy a significant percentage of the German V-1 flying bombs launched against London late in the Second World War."
tagline: "American physicist and engineer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1912-01-18"
deathDate: "2003-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Айван Геттінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايفان ا"
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    title: "ইভান আলেক্সান্ডার গেটিং"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_A._Getting"
    title: "Ivan A. Getting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Getting"
    title: "Ivan Getting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Getting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Alexander_Getting"
    title: "Ivan Alexander Getting"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump