# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurens-hammond
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:37:57.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurens-hammond"
name: "Laurens Hammond"
slug: "laurens-hammond"
description: "Laurens Hammond was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachord."
tagline: "American inventor (1895–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurens_Hammond_-_Honolulu_Star-Bulletin%2C_Wed%2C_May_8%2C_1940.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1895-01-11"
deathDate: "1973-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.62
  momentum:             0.191834727004427
  historical:           18.674592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Laurens Hammond"
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    title: "Laurens Hammond"
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  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Hammond"
    title: "Laurens Hammond"
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    title: "Laurens Hammond"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump