# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philo-farnsworth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:45.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philo-farnsworth"
name: "Philo Farnsworth"
slug: "philo-farnsworth"
description: "Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States government. He also invented a video camera tube and the image dissector. He sold a fully functioning television system—complete with receiver and camera—which he produced commercially through the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation from 1938 to 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana."
tagline: "American inventor (1906–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philo_T_Farnsworth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1906-08-19"
deathDate: "1971-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  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