# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janos-irinyi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:19:36.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janos-irinyi"
name: "János Irinyi"
slug: "janos-irinyi"
description: "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."
tagline: "Inventor of the noiseless match (1817-1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irinyi_janos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1817-05-17"
deathDate: "1895-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5263157894736843
  historical:           10.74226133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Янош Іріньї"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irinyi_J%C3%A1nos"
    title: "Irinyi János"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Յանոշ Իրինի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "イリニ・ヤーノシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "János Irinyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Irinyi"
    title: "János Irinyi"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88"
    title: "Ирини, Янош"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump