# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ephraim-shay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:33:38.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ephraim-shay"
name: "Ephraim Shay"
slug: "ephraim-shay"
description: "Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type. He licensed it for manufacture through what became known as Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio; from 1882 to 1892 some 300 locomotives of this type were sold."
tagline: "American railroad engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ephraim_Shay_(c_1890).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1839-07-17"
deathDate: "1916-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             0.9375
  historical:           7.01008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 201
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AD%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Шей, Эфраим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "افرايم شاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "افرايم شاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Shay"
    title: "Ephraim Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Shay"
    title: "Ephraim Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D6%86%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D5%87%D5%A5%D5%B5"
    title: "Էֆրաիմ Շեյ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Shay"
    title: "Ephraim Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Shay"
    title: "Ephraim Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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