# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luther-george-simjian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:34:19.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luther-george-simjian"
name: "Luther George Simjian"
slug: "luther-george-simjian"
description: "Luther George Simjian was an Armenian-American inventor and entrepreneur. A prolific and professional inventor, he held over 200 patents, mostly related to optics and electronics. His most significant inventions were a pioneering flight simulator, arguably the first ATM and improvement to the teleprompter."
tagline: "American-Armenian inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simjian_1929.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-01-28"
deathDate: "1997-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.565217391304348
  historical:           9.623436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_George_Simjian"
    title: "Luther George Simjian"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լյութեր Ջորջ Սիմջյան"
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    title: "Լիւթեր Ճորճ Սիմճեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luther Simjian"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump