# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-wybe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:34.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-wybe"
name: "Adam Wybe"
slug: "adam-wybe"
description: "Adam Wybe, also known as Adam Wiebe, was an engineer and inventor of Dutch origin, active mainly in Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. His work includes the world's first cable car on multiple supports in 1644. It was the biggest built until the end of the 19th century."
tagline: "Engineer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Willem_Hondius_cable_car.jpg/330px-Willem_Hondius_cable_car.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1584-06-12"
deathDate: "1653"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.472606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wybe_Adam"
    title: "Wybe Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wybe"
    title: "Adam Wybe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wybe"
    title: "Adam Wybe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wijbe"
    title: "Adam Wijbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wybe"
    title: "Adam Wybe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wiebe"
    title: "Adam Wiebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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