# János Irinyi

> János Irinyi was a Hungarian chemist and inventor of the noiseless and non-explosive match. He achieved this by mixing the yellow phosphorus with lead dioxide instead of the potassium chlorate used previously.

*Inventor of the noiseless match (1817-1895)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/janos-irinyi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1817-05-17
- **Died:** 1895-12-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 10.7 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Янош Іріньї](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88_%D0%86%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%97)
- [János Irinyi](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [János Irinyi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [János Irinyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [János Irinyi](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [Irinyi János](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irinyi_J%C3%A1nos)
- [Յանոշ Իրինի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%B7_%D4%BB%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AB)
- [イリニ・ヤーノシュ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5)
- [János Irinyi](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [János Irinyi](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [János Irinyi](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [János Irinyi](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi)
- [Ирини, Янош](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854150)

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