# Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain

> Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain, was a wealthy Walloon Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist, as well as an amateur Egyptologist. During World War I he became a known major general. His major claims to fame are being the original winner of the contract to build the Paris Metro, and developing the town of Heliopolis in Cairo.

*Engineer, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist (1852-1929)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1852-09-20
- **Died:** 1929-07-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 10.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Едуар Емпен](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [البارون إمبان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [البارون امبان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86)
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- [Édouard Empain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Empain)
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- [Édouard Empain](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Empain)
- [Эмпен, Эдуард](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274360)

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