# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-fritz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:27.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-fritz"
name: "John Fritz"
slug: "john-fritz"
description: "John F. Fritz was an American pioneer of iron and steel technology who has been referred to as the \"Father of the U.S. Steel Industry\". To celebrate his 80th birthday the John Fritz Medal was established in 1902, with Fritz himself being the first recipient."
tagline: "American engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Fritz_-_Cassier's_1895-02.png?width=1200"
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: "1822-08-21"
deathDate: "1913-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.85
  momentum:             0.5704697986577182
  historical:           8.478006666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%BC%97%E9%87%8C%E8%8C%A8"
    title: "約翰·弗里茨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "جون فريتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fritz"
    title: "John Fritz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fritz"
    title: "John Fritz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fritz"
    title: "John Fritz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Фриц, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fritz"
    title: "John Fritz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fritz"
    title: "John Fritz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%96%D1%86"
    title: "Джон Фріц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11727887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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