# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-flaherty
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:47:54.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-flaherty"
name: "Paul Flaherty"
slug: "paul-flaherty"
description: "Paul Andrew Flaherty was an American computer scientist. He was a renowned specialist in Internet protocols and the inventor of the AltaVista search engine."
tagline: "American computer scientist (1964–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Flaherty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1964-03-14"
deathDate: "2006-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             6.002310485201891
  historical:           5.477502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty_(Informatiker)"
    title: "Paul Flaherty (Informatiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "باول فلاهيرتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "پول فلاهيرتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty"
    title: "Paul Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty_(computer_scientist)"
    title: "Paul Flaherty (computer scientist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3_(%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ポール・フラハーティ (コンピュータ科学者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92856"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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