# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morgan-sparks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:59.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morgan-sparks"
name: "Morgan Sparks"
slug: "morgan-sparks"
description: "Morgan Sparks was an American scientist and engineer who developed the microwatt bipolar junction transistor in 1951, which was a critical step in making transistors usable for every-day electronics. Sparks directed Sandia National Laboratories."
tagline: "American physical chemist (1916–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bell_telephone_magazine_%281922%29_%2814753848794%29.jpg/330px-Bell_telephone_magazine_%281922%29_%2814753848794%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-07-06"
deathDate: "2008-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.78125
  historical:           7.404968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "摩根·斯帕克斯"
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    title: "مورغان سباركس"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Sparks"
    title: "Morgan Sparks"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Sparks"
    title: "Morgan Sparks"
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  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Sparks"
    title: "Morgan Sparks"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Sparks"
    title: "Morgan Sparks"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump