# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-offenhauser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:13.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-offenhauser"
name: "Fred Offenhauser"
slug: "fred-offenhauser"
description: "Fred H. Offenhauser, Jr., was an American machinist and self taught automotive engineer who developed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed the \"Offy\", which dominated competition in the Indianapolis 500 race for decades. He also built the Novi engine, which was designed by Bud Winfield and Leo Goossen."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Fred_Offenhauser_1941_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Fred_Offenhauser_1941_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1888-10-20"
deathDate: "1973-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.687726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Offenhauser"
    title: "Fred Offenhauser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "فريد اوفنهاوزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Offenhauser"
    title: "Fred Offenhauser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Offenhauser"
    title: "Fred Offenhauser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Offenhauser"
    title: "Fred Offenhauser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Offenhauser"
    title: "Fred Offenhauser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5496026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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