# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-lyman-holley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:56:43.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-lyman-holley"
name: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
slug: "alexander-lyman-holley"
description: "Alexander Lyman Holley was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and founding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He was considered the foremost steel and plant engineer and designer of his time, especially in regard to applying research to modern steel manufacturing processes."
tagline: "American engineer (1832–1882)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Lyman_Holley_by_Ward_cloudy_jeh.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1832-07-20"
deathDate: "1882-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.3
  momentum:             1.914893617021276
  historical:           7.408748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Александер Лаймен Голлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ألكسندر ليمان هولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lyman_Holley"
    title: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lyman_Holley"
    title: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lyman_Holley"
    title: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lyman_Holley"
    title: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lyman_Holley"
    title: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lyman_Holley"
    title: "Alexander Lyman Holley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3610786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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