# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonse-beau-de-rochas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:34:01.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonse-beau-de-rochas"
name: "Alphonse Beau de Rochas"
slug: "alphonse-beau-de-rochas"
description: "Alphonse Eugène Beau de Rochas was a French engineer. He was the first to patent the four-stroke engine in 1862, but he did not build one and the idea was subsequently developed by Nicolaus Otto and other engineers."
tagline: "French engineer (1815–1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beauderochas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1815-04-09"
deathDate: "1893-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.64791931623172
  historical:           14.638484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Альфонс Бо де Роша"
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    title: "Alphonse Beau de Rochas"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Beau_de_Rochas"
    title: "Alphonse Beau de Rochas"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Eug%C3%A8ne_Beau"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Eug%C3%A8ne_Beau"
    title: "Alphonse Eugène Beau"
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    title: "Alphonse Beau de Rochas"
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    title: "Alphonse Eugène Beau"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump