# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-ramo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:16:17.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-ramo"
name: "Simon Ramo"
slug: "simon-ramo"
description: "Simon Ramo was an American engineer, businessman, and author. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). He also developed General Electric's electron microscope and played prominent roles in the formation of two Fortune 500 companies, Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW) and Bunker Ramo Corporation."
tagline: "Father of the ICBM"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Air_Force_Space_and_Missile_Pioneer%2C_Dr._Simon_Ramo%2C_c._1950s.jpg?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: "1913-05-07"
deathDate: "2016-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.75864133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88"
    title: "سيمون رامو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سیمون رامو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88"
    title: "سیمون رامو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%95"
    title: "סימון רמו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ramo"
    title: "Simon Ramo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2918925"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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