# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-e-sammet
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:37:35.714Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-e-sammet"
name: "Jean E. Sammet"
slug: "jean-e-sammet"
description: "Jean E. Sammet was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962. She was also one of the developers of the influential COBOL programming language."
tagline: "American computer scientist (1928-2017)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1928-03-23"
deathDate: "2017-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump