# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-walter-christie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:51:17.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-walter-christie"
name: "John Walter Christie"
slug: "john-walter-christie"
description: "John Walter Christie was an American engineer and inventor. He is known best for developing the Christie suspension system used in several World War II-era tank designs, most notably the Soviet BT and T-34 tanks series, and the United Kingdom Crusader cruiser tanks, as well as the Comet heavy cruiser tank."
tagline: "Automotive Engineer and Inventor (1865-1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Walter_Christie_1915_circa.jpg?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: "1865-05-06"
deathDate: "1944-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.14741466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Walter Christie"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump