# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-baird
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:26:52.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-baird"
name: "Charles Baird"
slug: "charles-baird"
description: "Charles Baird was a Scottish engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life of 19th-century St. Petersburg. His company specialised in steam-driven machinery and was responsible for Russia's first steamboat."
tagline: "British engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4.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: "1766-12-20"
deathDate: "1843-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.477682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baird_(engineer)"
    title: "Charles Baird (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)"
    title: "تشارلز بيرد (مهندس مدنى من سكوتلاند)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baird"
    title: "Charles Baird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7"
    title: "Берд, Чарльз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baird_(ingeniero)"
    title: "Charles Baird (ingeniero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baird"
    title: "Charles Baird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4084044"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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