# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherman-fairchild
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:37:12.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherman-fairchild"
name: "Sherman Fairchild"
slug: "sherman-fairchild"
description: "Sherman Mills Fairchild was an American businessman and investor who founded over 70 companies, including Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild Industries, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Fairchild made significant contributions to the aviation industry and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1979. His Semiconductor Division of Fairchild Camera played a defining role in Silicon Valley. He held over 30 patents for products ranging from the silicon semiconductor to the 8-mm home sound motion-picture camera. Fairchild was responsible for inventing the first synchronized camera shutter and flash as well as developing technologies for aerial cameras that were later used on the Apollo Missions."
tagline: "American businessman (1896–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sherman_Mills_Fairchild_(1896%E2%80%931971).png?width=1200"
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: "1896-04-07"
deathDate: "1971-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.086652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Sherman Fairchild"
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    title: "شيرمان فيرتشايلد"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sherman Fairchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Mills_Fairchild"
    title: "Sherman Mills Fairchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Fairchild"
    title: "Sherman Fairchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Fairchild"
    title: "Sherman Fairchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "シャーマン・フェアチャイルド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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