# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-castaing
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:10:51.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-castaing"
name: "François Castaing"
slug: "francois-castaing"
description: "François Jean Castaing was a French automotive executive with Renault, American Motors, and Chrysler. He was an engineering graduate from École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in Paris, and worked in Europe for Gordini and Renault before being named vice president for Product Engineering and Development at American Motors Corporation (AMC)."
tagline: "French automobile designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Castaing_FIRST_Robotics_State_Championship_2016_(26230159960)_(cropped).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: "1945-03-18"
deathDate: "2023-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             1.755933721450963
  historical:           5.012024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Castaing"
    title: "François Castaing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Castaing"
    title: "François Castaing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Castaing"
    title: "François Castaing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3"
    title: "フランソワ・キャスタン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Castaing"
    title: "François Castaing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5493209"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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