# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-g-sachs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:57:04.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-g-sachs"
name: "Robert G. Sachs"
slug: "robert-g-sachs"
description: "Robert G. Sachs was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory.\nSachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors.\nSachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Academy's Physics Section, chairman of the Academy's Class I, and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.\nSachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953)."
tagline: "Theoretical physicist (1916-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dixy_Lee_Ray_and_Robert_Sachs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1916-05-04"
deathDate: "1999-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Роберт Сакс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump