# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-n-hall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:11.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-n-hall"
name: "Robert N. Hall"
slug: "robert-n-hall"
description: "Robert Noel Hall was an American engineer and applied physicist. He demonstrated the first semiconductor laser and invented a type of magnetron commonly used in microwave ovens. He also contributed to the development of rectifiers for power transmission."
tagline: "American engineer (1919–2016)"
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: "1919-12-25"
deathDate: "2016-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.739453333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Robert N. Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت ن. هال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت ن. هال"
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    title: "رابرت ن. هال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Noel_Hall"
    title: "Robert Noel Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Hall"
    title: "Robert N. Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hall_(f%C3%ADsico)"
    title: "Robert Hall (físico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "رابرت نوئل هال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Hall"
    title: "Robert N. Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Hall"
    title: "Robert N. Hall"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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