# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elijah-mccoy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:42.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elijah-mccoy"
name: "Elijah McCoy"
slug: "elijah-mccoy"
description: "Elijah J. McCoy was a Canadian-American engineer of African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines. Born free on the Ontario shore of Lake Erie to parents who fled enslavement in Kentucky, he traveled to the United States as a young child when his family returned in 1847, becoming a U.S. resident and citizen. His inventions and accomplishments were honored in 2012 when the United States Patent and Trademark Office named its first regional office, in Detroit, Michigan, the \"Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Patent Office\"."
tagline: "American engineer (1844–1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EJMcCoy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1844-05-02"
deathDate: "1929-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             1.43646408839779
  historical:           8.628553333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "எலைஜா மெக்காய்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إليجاه مكوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy"
    title: "Elijah McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy"
    title: "Elijah McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "الایجا مک‌کوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy"
    title: "Elijah McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%A0%80_%EB%A7%A4%EC%BD%94%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "일라이저 매코이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy"
    title: "Elijah McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy"
    title: "Elijah McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy"
    title: "Elijah McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329419"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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