# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-finlayson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:16:56.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-finlayson"
name: "James Finlayson"
slug: "james-finlayson"
description: "James Finlayson was a Scottish Quaker who, in effect, brought the Industrial Revolution to Tampere, Finland, founding in 1820 the Finlayson company."
tagline: "British businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Finlayson_(1771-1852).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1771-08-29"
deathDate: "1852-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.479158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson"
    title: "James Finlayson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson_(Industrieller)"
    title: "James Finlayson (Industrieller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson_(industrialist)"
    title: "James Finlayson (industrialist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson_(industriman)"
    title: "James Finlayson (industriman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%ED%95%80%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A8_(1772%EB%85%84)"
    title: "제임스 핀레이슨 (1772년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson_(industria%C8%99)"
    title: "James Finlayson (industriaș)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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