# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kato-lomb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:40:05.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kato-lomb"
name: "Kató Lomb"
slug: "kato-lomb"
description: "Kató Lomb was a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world. \nOriginally educated in chemistry and physics, her interest soon led her to languages. Native in Hungarian, she could interpret fluently in nine or ten languages, translated technical literature, and read belles-lettres in six languages. She understood journalism in a further 11 languages. She stated that she worked professionally with 16 languages, which she learnt from self-study due to her interest in them."
tagline: "Hungarian interpreter, translator, and author of several books on language learning"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Kat%C3%B3_Lomb_%281909%E2%80%932003%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1909-02-08"
deathDate: "2003-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump