# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-boykin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:58:17.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-boykin"
name: "Otis Boykin"
slug: "otis-boykin"
description: "Otis Frank Boykin was an American inventor and engineer. His inventions include electrical resistors used in computing, missile guidance, and pacemakers."
tagline: "American inventor and engineer (1920-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boykins_at_Dept_of_Energy_BLACK_CONTRIBUTORS_TO_SCIENCE_AND_ENERGY_TECHNOLOGY_Page_08.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1920-08-29"
deathDate: "1982-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.825128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "أوتيس فرانك بويكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Boykin"
    title: "Otis Boykin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Boykin"
    title: "Otis Boykin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%98%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA"
    title: "အိုးတစ် ဘွိုင်းကင်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Boykin"
    title: "Otis Boykin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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