# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hippolyte-fontaine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:45:14.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hippolyte-fontaine"
name: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
slug: "hippolyte-fontaine"
description: "Hippolyte Fontaine was a French electrical engineer who worked with Zénobe Gramme on the development of the Gramme machine, and whose contributions were essential to the creation of the dynamo. He was the first to transmit electricity via electrical wires."
tagline: "French electrical engineer (1833-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hippolyte_Fontaine_1900s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1833-04-12"
deathDate: "1910-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.541721333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fontaine"
    title: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هيبوليت فونتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fontaine"
    title: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fontaine"
    title: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fontaine"
    title: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fontaine"
    title: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fontaine"
    title: "Hippolyte Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3136071"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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