# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-zimmermann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:43.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-zimmermann"
name: "Phil Zimmermann"
slug: "phil-zimmermann"
description: "Philip R. Zimmermann is an American computer scientist and cryptographer. He is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone. Zimmermann is co-founder and Chief Scientist of the global encrypted communications firm Silent Circle."
tagline: "Creator of Pretty Good Privacy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PRZ_closeup_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1954-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.19
  momentum:             4.982072141143158
  historical:           19.80483466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 90
platforms:
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    url:       "https://philzimmermann.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "菲爾·齊默爾曼"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump