# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-maccready
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:18:42.798Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-maccready"
name: "Paul MacCready"
slug: "paul-maccready"
description: "Paul Beattie MacCready Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could \"do more with less\"."
tagline: "American aeronautical engineer (1925-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_maccready.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-09-29"
deathDate: "2007-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "پال مک‌کریدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul MacCready"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul MacCready"
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    title: "Paul MacCready"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump