# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-mitchell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:03:19.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-mitchell"
name: "William A. Mitchell"
slug: "william-a-mitchell"
description: "William A. Mitchell was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, Cool Whip, and powdered egg whites. During his career he received over 70 patents."
tagline: "American food chemist (1911–2004)"
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: "1911-10-21"
deathDate: "2004-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.698814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Mitchell"
    title: "William A. Mitchell"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Mitchell"
    title: "William A. Mitchell"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A3._%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام أ. ميتشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Mitchell"
    title: "William A. Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Mitchell"
    title: "William A. Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Mitchell"
    title: "William A. Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5989294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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