# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-fey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:12:16.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-fey"
name: "Charles Fey"
slug: "charles-fey"
description: "Charles Fey was a German-born American mechanic best known for inventing the slot machine in San Francisco."
tagline: "German-born American inventor (1862–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_August_Fey_(1862%E2%80%931944).webp?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: "1862-09-09"
deathDate: "1944-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.78
  momentum:             1.082474226804124
  historical:           4.834416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "تشارلز فاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "تشارلز فاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_August_Fey"
    title: "Charles August Fey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fey"
    title: "Charles Fey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fey"
    title: "Charles Fey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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