# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-baran
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:37.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-baran"
name: "Paul Baran"
slug: "paul-baran"
description: "Paul Baran was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of modern digital communication."
tagline: "American engineer (1926–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Baran.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-04-29"
deathDate: "2011-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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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