# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/milan-vidmar-q357798
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:06:05.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/milan-vidmar-q357798"
name: "Milan Vidmar"
slug: "milan-vidmar-q357798"
description: "Milan Vidmar was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE. Vidmar was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current."
tagline: "Slovenian chess player (1885–1962)"
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birthDate: "1885-06-22"
deathDate: "1962-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump