# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-ernst-matzeliger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:34:53.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-ernst-matzeliger"
name: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
slug: "jan-ernst-matzeliger"
description: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger was a Surinamese-American inventor whose automated lasting machine brought significant change to the manufacturing of shoes. The Consolidated Lasting Machine Company was founded to make his shoe-making devices."
tagline: "Surinamese inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_ernst_matzeliger.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1852-09-15"
deathDate: "1889-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.666168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ян Ернст Мацелігер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان إرنست ماتزيليجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B7%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%BF_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BF%D6%81%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Յան Էռնստ Մատցելիգեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ernst_Matzeliger"
    title: "Jan Ernst Matzeliger"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2983192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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