# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-ferber
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:12:53.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-ferber"
name: "Ferdinand Ferber"
slug: "ferdinand-ferber"
description: "Louis Ferdinand Ferber was a French Army officer who played an important role in the development of aviation during the early 1900s. Although his aircraft experiments were belatedly successful, his early recognition and publicizing of the work of the Wright Brothers was a major influence on the development of aviation in Europe."
tagline: "French Army captain and aviator (1862-1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferdinand_Ferber_(1862-1909)_in_1908.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1862-02-08"
deathDate: "1909-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.24
  momentum:             0.8737864077669902
  historical:           10.94848933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "فرديناند فيربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرديناند فيربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "フェルディナン・フェルベール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Ferdinand Ferber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Ferber"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3068573"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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