# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niels-diffrient
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:52:02.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niels-diffrient"
name: "Niels Diffrient"
slug: "niels-diffrient"
description: "Niels Diffrient was an American industrial designer. Diffrient focused mainly on ergonomic seating, and his most well known designs are the Freedom and Liberty chairs, manufactured by Humanscale."
tagline: "American designer (1928-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NielsDiffrient.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1928-09-06"
deathDate: "2013-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.008459999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Diffrient"
    title: "Niels Diffrient"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Diffrient"
    title: "Niels Diffrient"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "نیلس متفاوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Diffrient"
    title: "Niels Diffrient"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Diffrient"
    title: "Niels Diffrient"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3277342"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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