# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugenio-barsanti
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:39:47.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugenio-barsanti"
name: "Eugenio Barsanti"
slug: "eugenio-barsanti"
description: "Eugenio Barsanti, also named Nicolò, was an Italian engineer and Catholic priest who, together with Felice Matteucci, invented the first internal combustion engine in 1853. Their patent request was granted in London on June 12, 1854, and published in London's Morning Journal under the title \"Specification of Eugene Barsanti and Felix Matteucci, Obtaining Motive Power by the Explosion of Gasses\", as documented by the Fondazione Barsanti e Matteucci."
tagline: "Italian engineer (1821–1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugenio_Barsanti.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1821-10-12"
deathDate: "1864-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.034734917733089
  historical:           12.91800266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Eugenio Barsanti"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump