# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-pain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:26:02.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-pain"
name: "Jean Pain"
slug: "jean-pain"
description: "Jean Pain was a Swiss-born French inventor and innovator who developed the compost heater, a compost-based bioenergy system, that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 °C (140 °F) at a rate of 4 litres per minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as \"Jean Pain Composting\", or the \"Jean Pain Method\"."
tagline: "French inventor and innovator"
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: "1928-12-12"
deathDate: "1981-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.480670666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pain"
    title: "Jean Pain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جين باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pain"
    title: "Jean Pain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pain"
    title: "Jean Pain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pain_(inventisto)"
    title: "Jean Pain (inventisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pain_(inventeur)"
    title: "Jean Pain (inventeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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