# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-francis-jenkins
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:24:52.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-francis-jenkins"
name: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
slug: "charles-francis-jenkins"
description: "Charles Francis Jenkins was an American engineer who was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. His businesses included Charles Jenkins Laboratories and Jenkins Television Corporation. Over 400 patents were issued to Jenkins, many for his inventions related to motion pictures and television."
tagline: "American inventor and pioneer of cinema and television (1867–1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Francis_Jenkins_in_1925.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: "1867-08-22"
deathDate: "1934-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.83
  momentum:             0.167741935483871
  historical:           11.16170133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4837214/"
    handle:    "nm4837214"
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "تشارلز فرنسيس جنكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins"
    title: "Charles Francis Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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