# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-thys
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:43:16.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-thys"
name: "Albert Thys"
slug: "albert-thys"
description: "Albert Thys was a Belgian businessman who was active in the Congo Free State. He gave his name of Thysville to the station of Sona Qongo, currently Mbanza-Ngungu in Bas-Congo."
tagline: "Officer and founder of the Congo Railway Company (1849–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Le_chemin_de_fer_du_Congo_(Matadi-Stanley-Pool)._Le_Colonel_Albert_Thys.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1849-11-28"
deathDate: "1915-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             1.962616822429907
  historical:           6.351945333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thys_(koloniaal)"
    title: "Albert Thys (koloniaal)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "البيرت ثيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thys"
    title: "Albert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thys"
    title: "Albert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thys"
    title: "Albert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thys"
    title: "Albert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thys"
    title: "Albert Thys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2674098"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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