# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-washington-gale-ferris-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:09:07.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-washington-gale-ferris-jr"
name: "George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr."
slug: "george-washington-gale-ferris-jr"
description: "George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer. He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition."
tagline: "American engineer (1859-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GWFerris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1859-02-14"
deathDate: "1896-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             19.25425950196593
  historical:           19.86243466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump