# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-by
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:28.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-by"
name: "John By"
slug: "john-by"
description: "Lieutenant-Colonel John By was an English military engineer. He is best known for having supervised the construction of the Rideau Canal and for having founded Bytown in the process. It developed and was designated as the Canadian capital, Ottawa."
tagline: "British military engineer (1779-1836)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_By.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1779-08-07"
deathDate: "1836-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.709362666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бай, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%B5"
    title: "Ջոն Բայ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By"
    title: "John By"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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