# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesse-w-reno
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:08.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesse-w-reno"
name: "Jesse W. Reno"
slug: "jesse-w-reno"
description: "Jesse Wilford Reno was an American inventor and engineer. He invented the first working escalator in 1891 used at the Old Iron Pier, Coney Island, New York City. His invention was referred to as the \"inclined elevator.\" An earlier escalator machine, termed \"revolving stairs\" by its inventor Nathan Ames, was patented March 9, 1859, but was never built."
tagline: "American inventor (1861–1947)"
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: "1861-08-04"
deathDate: "1947-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.49118266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جیسی ڈبلیو رینو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "جيسي دبليو. رينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Reno"
    title: "Jesse Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Reno"
    title: "Jesse Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Reno"
    title: "Jesse Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno"
    title: "Jesse W. Reno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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