# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kelly-johnson-q596353
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:26:18.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kelly-johnson-q596353"
name: "Kelly Johnson"
slug: "kelly-johnson-q596353"
description: "Clarence Leonard \"Kelly\" Johnson was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird. Besides the first production aircraft to exceed Mach 3, he also produced the first fighter capable of Mach 2, the United States' first operational jet fighter, as well as the first fighter to exceed 400 mph, and many other contributions to various aircraft."
tagline: "American aerospace engineer (1910–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ClarenceLeonardKellyJohnson.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1910-02-27"
deathDate: "1990-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.98864580448629
  historical:           20.41577466666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Kelly Johnson (kỹ sư)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kelly Johnson (engineer)"
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    title: "Kelly Johnson (ingeniero)"
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    title: "Clarence Johnson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump