# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-landau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:04:58.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-landau"
name: "Ralph Landau"
slug: "ralph-landau"
description: "Ralph Landau was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur active in the chemical and petrochemical industries. He is considered one of the top fifty foundational chemical engineers of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the 75 most distinguished contributors to chemical enterprise. He has published extensively on chemical engineering and holds a significant number of patents."
tagline: "American chemical engineer, entrepreneur and economist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph_Landau_othmer_luncheon_1997.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-05-19"
deathDate: "2004-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.339597333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ralph Landau"
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    title: "رالف لانداو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رالف لانداو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Landau"
    title: "Ralph Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Landau"
    title: "Ralph Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Landau"
    title: "Ralph Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ральф Ландау"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump