# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-wichterle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:54:30.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-wichterle"
name: "Otto Wichterle"
slug: "otto-wichterle"
description: "Otto Wichterle was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses."
tagline: "Czech member of Czech National Council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1913-10-27"
deathDate: "1998-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump