# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-jarvik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:39:54.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-jarvik"
name: "Robert Jarvik"
slug: "robert-jarvik"
description: "Robert Koffler Jarvik was an American scientist, researcher and businessman known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart."
tagline: "American inventor, creator of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Jarvik_(1981)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1946-05-11"
deathDate: "2025-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.jarvikheart.com/home.asp"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump