# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nathaniel-wyeth
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:10:57.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nathaniel-wyeth"
name: "Nathaniel Wyeth"
slug: "nathaniel-wyeth"
description: "Nathaniel C. Wyeth was an American mechanical engineer and inventor. He is best known for creating a variant of polyethylene terephthalate that could withstand the pressure of carbonated liquids. Made of recyclable PET plastic, lighter than glass and virtually unbreakable, Wyeth's invention is used widely today for both carbonated and non-carbonated drinks."
tagline: "American inventor, mechanical engineer (1911-1990)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Nathaniel_C_Wyeth.jpg"
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: "1911-10-24"
deathDate: "1990-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             10.3079144098896
  historical:           5.915122666666667
  currentAttention:     54.12647374062163
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Wyeth"
    title: "Nathaniel Wyeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Wyeth_(inventor)"
    title: "Nathaniel Wyeth (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B9)"
    title: "ناتانیل ویت (مخترع)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Wyeth"
    title: "Nathaniel Wyeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ナサニエル・ワイエス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Wyeth"
    title: "Nathaniel Wyeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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