# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zoltan-lajos-bay
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:39:10.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zoltan-lajos-bay"
name: "Zoltán Lajos Bay"
slug: "zoltan-lajos-bay"
description: "Zoltán Lajos Bay was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. He was the leader of the second group to observe radar echoes from the Moon (Moonbounce). From 1930, he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics."
tagline: "Hungarian physicist (1900–1992)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1900-07-24"
deathDate: "1992-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump