# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rachel-zimmerman
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:44:04.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rachel-zimmerman"
name: "Rachel Zimmerman"
slug: "rachel-zimmerman"
description: "Rachel Zimmerman Brachman is a Canadian-born space scientist, educator, and inventor. She invented the \"Blissymbol Printer\" in 1984-86, making it simple for users with physical disabilities to communicate. A user can choose various Blissymbols to convey his or her thoughts and the printer translates those images to written text. Her invention was recognized worldwide and she has received several awards for her achievements."
tagline: "21st-century Canadian space scientist and inventor"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1972"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             2
  historical:           6.340029333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Рейчел Циммерман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشيل زيمرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Zimmerman"
    title: "Rachel Zimmerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Zimmerman"
    title: "Rachel Zimmerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Zimmerman"
    title: "Rachel Zimmerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "რეიჩელ ციმერმანი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Циммерман, Рэйчел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19613632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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