# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-joseph-woodland
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:03:44.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-joseph-woodland"
name: "Norman Joseph Woodland"
slug: "norman-joseph-woodland"
description: "Norman Joseph Woodland was an American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952. Later, employed by IBM, he developed the format which became the ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) of product labeling and check-out stands."
tagline: "Inventor of the barcode (1921–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/N._Joseph_Woodland.jpg/330px-N._Joseph_Woodland.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1921-09-06"
deathDate: "2012-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump