# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-sommer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:41:12.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-sommer"
name: "René Sommer"
slug: "rene-sommer"
description: "René Sommer was a Swiss inventor and computer programmer, credited as a co-inventor of the computer mouse."
tagline: "Swiss inventor and computer programmer (1951-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas_Engelbart_and_Rene_Sommer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1951"
deathDate: "2009-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.80324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Sommer_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "René Sommer (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Sommer"
    title: "René Sommer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Sommer"
    title: "René Sommer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Sommer"
    title: "René Sommer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Sommer"
    title: "René Sommer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122397"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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