# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elisha-otis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:22.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elisha-otis"
name: "Elisha Otis"
slug: "elisha-otis"
description: "Elisha Graves Otis was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. On March 23, 1857, he installed the first safety elevator for passenger service in the store of E.V. Haughwout & Co. in New York City."
tagline: "Founder of Otis Elevator Co."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1811-08-03"
deathDate: "1861-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.46651333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump