# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willis-whitfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:04:38.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willis-whitfield"
name: "Willis Whitfield"
slug: "willis-whitfield"
description: "Willis Whitfield was an American physicist and inventor of the modern cleanroom, a room with a low level of pollutants used in manufacturing or scientific research. His invention earned him the nickname, \"Mr. Clean,\" from Time Magazine."
tagline: "Physicist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1919-12-06"
deathDate: "2012-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.4
  momentum:             11
  historical:           7.005796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ولیس وائٹ فیلڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليس ويتفيلد"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Whitfield"
    title: "Willis Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Whitfield"
    title: "Willis Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ویلیس ویتفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willis Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willis Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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