# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edouard-jean-empain
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:33:39.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edouard-jean-empain"
name: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
slug: "edouard-jean-empain"
description: "Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain \nwas a French-Belgian industrialist, best known by the general public for his kidnapping in 1978."
tagline: "Belgian industrialist made famous by his kidnapping in 1978"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1937-10-07"
deathDate: "2018-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.306745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain"
    title: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد چيان امپاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain"
    title: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain"
    title: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain"
    title: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain"
    title: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain"
    title: "Édouard-Jean Empain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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