# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-fergason
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:59:09.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-fergason"
name: "James Fergason"
slug: "james-fergason"
description: "James Lee Fergason was an American inventor and business entrepreneur. A member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Fergason is best known for his work on an improved liquid crystal display, or LCD. He held over one hundred U.S. patents at the time of his death."
tagline: "Inventor, entrepreneur (1934–2008)"
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: "1934-01-12"
deathDate: "2008-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.73
  momentum:             14.28571428571428
  historical:           7.003564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Fergason"
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  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fergason"
    title: "James Fergason"
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    title: "James Fergason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fergason"
    title: "James Fergason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջեյմս Ֆերգասոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Fergason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Фергасон, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Джеймс Фергасон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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