# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-k-zworykin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:01:44.853Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-k-zworykin"
name: "Vladimir K. Zworykin"
slug: "vladimir-k-zworykin"
description: "Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode-ray tubes. He played a role in the practical development of television from the early thirties, including charge storage-type tubes, infrared image tubes and the electron microscope."
tagline: "Russian-American engineer (1888–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zworykin_docgrab_(3x4_cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1888-07-17"
deathDate: "1982-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.990728
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump