# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-cayley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:38:25.395Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-cayley"
name: "George Cayley"
slug: "george-cayley"
description: "Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He was a pioneer of aeronautical engineering and is sometimes referred to as \"the father of aviation\", designing the first glider reliably reported to carry a human aloft. He is commonly credited as the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of heavier-than-air flight: weight, lift, drag and thrust. He was also the inventor of the wire wheel."
tagline: "British aeronautics engineer (1773-1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Cayley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1773-12-27"
deathDate: "1857-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump