# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-sternbach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:22:23.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-sternbach"
name: "Leo Sternbach"
slug: "leo-sternbach"
description: "Leo Sternbach was a Polish American chemist credited with the first synthesis of benzodiazepines, the most widely-used class of minor tranquilizers."
tagline: "Polish-American chemist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Sternbach%2C_Leo_(1908-2005)-Portr_14719.tif?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: "1908-05-07"
deathDate: "2005-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.94039466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leon_Henryk_Sternbach"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "ليو ستيرنباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "ليو ستيرنباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "لئو استرنباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "レオ・スターンバック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%98%A4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4%EB%B0%94%ED%81%AC"
    title: "레오 스턴바크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Sternbach_(chemik)"
    title: "Leon Sternbach (chemik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach"
    title: "Leo Sternbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494708"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump