# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isaac-babbitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:53.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isaac-babbitt"
name: "Isaac Babbitt"
slug: "isaac-babbitt"
description: "Isaac Babbitt was an American inventor. In 1839, he invented a bearing made of a low-friction tin-based metal alloy, Babbitt metal, that is used extensively in engine bearings today."
tagline: "American goldsmith (1799-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isaac_Babbitt_(1799-1862)_by_Bass_Otis%2C_1849%2C_oil_on_canvas_-_Old_Colony_History_Museum_-_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts_-_DSC03743.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: "1799-07-26"
deathDate: "1862-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.201388888888889
  historical:           10.014724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Babbitt"
    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
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    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
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    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Babbitt"
    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Babbitt"
    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Babbitt"
    title: "Isaac Babbitt"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Бэббитт, Исаак"
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    title: "Ісаак Беббітт"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump