# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-postel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:29:25.494Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-postel"
name: "Jon Postel"
slug: "jon-postel"
description: "Jonathan Bruce Postel was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death."
tagline: "American computer scientist (1943–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_Postel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-08-06"
deathDate: "1998-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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