# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacques-etienne-montgolfier
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:48:41.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacques-etienne-montgolfier"
name: "Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier"
slug: "jacques-etienne-montgolfier"
description: "The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique, which launched the first confirmed piloted ascent by humans in 1783, carrying Jacques-Étienne."
tagline: "French inventor, younger of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers (1745–1799)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques-%C3%89tienne_Montgolfier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1745-01-06"
deathDate: "1799-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.883550666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Жак-Етьєнн Монгольф'є"
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    title: "Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier"
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    title: "Ժակ-Էտյեն Մոնգոլֆիե"
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    title: "Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump