# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pal-selenyi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:00:26.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pal-selenyi"
name: "Pál Selényi"
slug: "pal-selenyi"
description: "Engineer Pál Selényi \nwas known as the \"father of xerography\" at Tungsram corporation."
tagline: "Hungarian engineer (1884-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sel%C3%A9nyi_P%C3%A1l_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884-11-17"
deathDate: "1954-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.24
  momentum:             6
  historical:           4.40216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Sel%C3%A9nyi"
    title: "Pál Selényi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Sel%C3%A9nyi"
    title: "Pál Selényi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99"
    title: "פאל שלני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sel%C3%A9nyi_P%C3%A1l"
    title: "Selényi Pál"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Sel%C3%A9nyi"
    title: "Pál Selényi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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