# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vic-hayes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:48:28.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vic-hayes"
name: "Vic Hayes"
slug: "vic-hayes"
description: "Victor \"Vic\" Hayes is a former Senior Research Fellow at the Delft University of Technology. His role in establishing and chairing the IEEE 802.11 Standards Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks has led to him being referred to by some as the \"Father of Wi-Fi\"."
tagline: "Father of Wi-Fi"
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birthDate: "1941-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  243
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump