# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-j-plunkett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:31:01.871Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-j-plunkett"
name: "Roy J. Plunkett"
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description: "Roy Joseph Plunkett was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, in 1938."
tagline: "American chemist (1910–1994)"
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birthDate: "1910-06-26"
deathDate: "1994-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump