# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-j-van-de-graaff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:22.029Z

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name: "Robert J. Van de Graaff"
slug: "robert-j-van-de-graaff"
description: "Robert Jemison Van de Graaff was an American applied physicist and inventor. He is best known for developing the Van de Graaff generator, a high-voltage electrostatic machine that became a fundamental tool in nuclear physics research."
tagline: "American physicist (1901–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_J_van_de_Graaff_faculty_portrait_cropped.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1901-12-20"
deathDate: "1967-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump