# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-allen-wilkes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:13:03.328Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-allen-wilkes"
name: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
slug: "mary-allen-wilkes"
description: "Mary Allen Wilkes is a lawyer, former computer programmer and logic designer. She is known for her work with the LINC computer, now recognised by many as the world's first personal computer (PC)."
tagline: "American computer scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Allen_Wilkes_Portrait.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1937-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.468502666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ماري ألين ويلكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مارى الين ويلكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes"
    title: "Mary Allen Wilkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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