# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stanford-r-ovshinsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:03:50.448Z

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name: "Stanford R. Ovshinsky"
slug: "stanford-r-ovshinsky"
description: "Stanford Robert Ovshinsky was an American engineer, scientist and inventor who over a span of fifty years was granted well over 400 patents, mostly in the areas of energy and information. Many of his inventions have had wide-ranging applications. Among the most prominent are: the nickel-metal hydride battery, which has been widely used in laptop computers, digital cameras, cell phones, and electric and hybrid cars; flexible thin-film solar energy laminates and panels; flat panel liquid crystal displays; rewritable CD and DVD discs; hydrogen fuel cells; and nonvolatile phase-change memory."
tagline: "Prolific American inventor and scientist (1922–2012)"
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birthDate: "1922-11-24"
deathDate: "2012-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump