# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-ohl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:40:03.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-ohl"
name: "Russell Ohl"
slug: "russell-ohl"
description: "Russell Shoemaker Ohl was an American scientist who is generally recognized for patenting the modern solar cell .\nOhl was a notable semiconductor researcher prior to the invention of the transistor. He was also known as R.S. Ohl."
tagline: "American engineer (1898-1987)"
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: "1898-01-31"
deathDate: "1987-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.48211066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D0%BB"
    title: "Рассел Ол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "راسل أول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "راسل اویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_S._Ohl"
    title: "Russell S. Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl"
    title: "Russell Ohl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Ол, Рассел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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