# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kanzius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:43:44.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kanzius"
name: "John Kanzius"
slug: "john-kanzius"
description: "John S. Kanzius was an American inventor, radio and TV engineer, one-time station owner and ham radio operator from Erie, Pennsylvania. He invented a method that, he said, could treat virtually all forms of cancer, with no side effects, and without the need for surgery or medication. He also demonstrated a device that generated flammable hydrogen-containing gas from salt-water-solution by the use of radiowaves. In the media this was dubbed \"burning salt water\". Both effects involve the use of his radio frequency transmitter."
tagline: "American inventor (1944-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/JohnKanzius2005Photo.PNG"
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: "1944-03-01"
deathDate: "2009-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.28
  momentum:             12.9435768836202
  historical:           6.359181333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kanzius"
    title: "John Kanzius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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