# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cockerill
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:27:32.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cockerill"
name: "John Cockerill"
slug: "john-cockerill"
description: "John Cockerill was an English-born industrialist who became a prominent businessman in Belgium. Born at Haslingden, Lancashire, England, he was brought by his father to the Liège region, where he continued the family tradition of building wool-processing machinery. He founded an ironworks named John Cockerill & Cie.."
tagline: "British businessman (1790-1840)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Cockerill_Industrieller.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1790-08-03"
deathDate: "1840-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.27
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.54676666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94"
    title: "约翰·科克里尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جون كوكيريل (رجال اعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Джон Кокрил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill_(industrialist)"
    title: "John Cockerill (industrialist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Кокрил, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Джон Кокеріль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockerill"
    title: "John Cockerill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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