# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-nystrom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:24.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-w-nystrom"
name: "John W. Nystrom"
slug: "john-w-nystrom"
description: "John Williams Nystrom was a Swedish American civil engineer, inventor, and author. He served as an assistant Secretary and Chief Engineer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War."
tagline: "American engineer"
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: "1825"
deathDate: "1885-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.35
  momentum:             6
  historical:           6.338517333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Nystrom"
    title: "John W. Nystrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "جون دبليو نيستروم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Nystrom"
    title: "John W. Nystrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Nystrom"
    title: "John W. Nystrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Nystrom"
    title: "John W. Nystrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Nystrom"
    title: "John W. Nystrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Nystrom"
    title: "John W. Nystrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1543655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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