# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-ritchie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:23:36.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-ritchie"
name: "Andrew Ritchie"
slug: "andrew-ritchie"
description: "Andrew Ritchie is the inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, and has guided the Brompton Bicycle company to become the largest bicycle manufacturer in the UK."
tagline: "British cycle designer (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew_Ritchie_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.11
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.478906666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ritchie_(Brompton)"
    title: "Andrew Ritchie (Brompton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "أندرو ريتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ritchie_(inventor)"
    title: "Andrew Ritchie (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ritchie"
    title: "Andrew Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ritchie_(Brompton)"
    title: "Andrew Ritchie (Brompton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ritchie_(Brompton)"
    title: "Andrew Ritchie (Brompton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2846716"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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