# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-rentschler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:32.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-rentschler"
name: "Frederick Rentschler"
slug: "frederick-rentschler"
description: "Frederick Brant Rentschler was an American aircraft engine designer, aviation engineer, industrialist, and the founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the aircraft of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and James Doolittle. He is also a co-founder of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, the predecessor of United Technologies Corporation."
tagline: "American aerospace engineer and executive (1887–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_Rentschler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1887-11-08"
deathDate: "1956-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.21
  momentum:             3.2183908045977
  historical:           7.243128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rentschler"
    title: "Frederick Rentschler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فريديريك رينتشلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rentschler"
    title: "Frederick Rentschler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "فردریک رنتشلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rentschler"
    title: "Frederick Rentschler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rentschler"
    title: "Frederick Rentschler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rentschler"
    title: "Frederick Rentschler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rentschler"
    title: "Frederick Rentschler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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