# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johan-vaaler
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:54:45.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johan-vaaler"
name: "Johan Vaaler"
slug: "johan-vaaler"
description: "Johan Vaaler was a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk. He has often erroneously been identified as the inventor of the common paper clip."
tagline: "Norwegian inventor (1866–1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vaaler_kopi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1866-03-15"
deathDate: "1910-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump