# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-galvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:45.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-galvin"
name: "Paul Galvin"
slug: "paul-galvin"
description: "Paul Vincent Galvin was an American chief executive, who was one of the two founders of telecommunications company Motorola. Founded as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation on September 25, 1928, Motorola worked in communications equipment. Galvin created the mass production car radio, which provided the cornerstone of Motorola's early business. The company name \"Motorola\" was introduced in 1930."
tagline: "American businessman (1895–1959)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1895-06-27"
deathDate: "1959-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.39
  momentum:             2.39429444727458
  historical:           6.620921333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Пауль Галвін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "بول جالفين (رجل أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بول جالفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Galvin_(businessman)"
    title: "Paul Galvin (businessman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "پل گالوین (بازرگان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Galvin_(industriel)"
    title: "Paul Galvin (industriel)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Galvin"
    title: "Paul Galvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371277"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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