# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-michel-montgolfier
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:40:01.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-michel-montgolfier"
name: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
slug: "joseph-michel-montgolfier"
description: "The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique, which launched the first confirmed piloted ascent by humans in 1783, carrying Jacques-Étienne."
tagline: "French inventor, older of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph-montgolfier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1740-08-26"
deathDate: "1810-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.301707779886149
  historical:           10.75856933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Жозеф Мішель Монгольф'є"
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    title: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Michel_Montgolfier"
    title: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
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    title: "Joseph Michel Montgolfier"
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    title: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
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    title: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Michel_Montgolfier"
    title: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
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  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruorren_Montgolfier"
    title: "Bruorren Montgolfier"
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    title: "Ժոզեֆ-Միշել Մոնգոլֆիե"
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    title: "Монгольфье, Жозеф-Мишель"
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    title: "Joseph Montgolfier"
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    title: "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump