# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-haupt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:17.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herman-haupt"
name: "Herman Haupt"
slug: "herman-haupt"
description: "Herman Haupt was an American civil engineer, railway engineer, and railroad executive. He worked for several railroad companies including as general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1849 to 1851 and superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad in 1854. He was a professor of mathematics and engineering at Pennsylvania College and patented the Haupt Truss used in bridge construction. He worked with John Edgar Thomson on the Horseshoe Curve and Gallitzin Tunnels in the Allegheny Mountains and as chief engineer during construction of the Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts."
tagline: "Union United States Army general (1817-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman_Haupt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1817-03-26"
deathDate: "1905-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.63
  momentum:             0.9124087591240877
  historical:           5.688194666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Haupt"
    title: "Herman Haupt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Haupt_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "Herman Haupt (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Haupt"
    title: "Herman Haupt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Haupt"
    title: "Herman Haupt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Haupt"
    title: "Herman Haupt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%82%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Хаупт, Герман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1610272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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