# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lazar-edeleanu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:45:54.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lazar-edeleanu"
name: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
slug: "lazar-edeleanu"
description: "Lazăr Edeleanu was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin. He is known for being the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine at the University of Berlin and for inventing the modern method of refining crude oil."
tagline: "Romanian chemist (1861–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu_MDE.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1861-09-01"
deathDate: "1941-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.41
  momentum:             0.1972010178117048
  historical:           9.924374666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Лазер Еделяну"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95"
    title: "לזר אדליאנו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazarus Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu"
    title: "Lazăr Edeleanu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%83%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%80"
    title: "Еделяну, Лазэр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump