# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reynold-b-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:29.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reynold-b-johnson"
name: "Reynold B. Johnson"
slug: "reynold-b-johnson"
description: "Reynold Benjamin Johnson was an American inventor and computer pioneer. A long-time employee of IBM, Johnson is said to be the \"father\" of the hard disk drive. Other inventions include automatic test scoring equipment and the videocassette tape."
tagline: "American inventor and computer pioneer (1906–1998)"
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: "1906-07-16"
deathDate: "1998-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.33
  momentum:             0.8035714285714287
  historical:           8.279734666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ரேனால்டு ஜான்சன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رينولد جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_B._Johnson"
    title: "Reynold B. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_B._Johnson"
    title: "Reynold B. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_B._Johnson"
    title: "Reynold B. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رینولد جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_Johnson"
    title: "Reynold Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_B._Johnson"
    title: "Reynold B. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4"
    title: "Джонсон, Рейнолд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1297016"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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