# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-dinnendahl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:53.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-dinnendahl"
name: "Franz Dinnendahl"
slug: "franz-dinnendahl"
description: "Franz Dinnendahl was a German engineer and industrialist who was most prominently known for his pioneering work during the industrialization in the Ruhr valley and building the first steam engine in Essen in 1803. He was among the founder and namesake of Westfalia Dinnendahl Gröppel."
tagline: "German engineer (1775-1826)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz_Dinnendahl02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1775-08-20"
deathDate: "1826-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.32
  momentum:             0.9929078014184398
  historical:           5.472246666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Dinnendahl"
    title: "Franz Dinnendahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "فرانز دينيندال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Dinnendahl"
    title: "Franz Dinnendahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Dinnendahl"
    title: "Franz Dinnendahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Dinnendahl"
    title: "Franz Dinnendahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Dinnendahl"
    title: "Franz Dinnendahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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