# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jules-petiet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:28:27.026Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jules-petiet"
name: "Jules Petiet"
slug: "jules-petiet"
description: "Jules Petiet was a French mechanical engineer who worked on the early development of the French railway network. He was the Chief Engineer of the Chemins de fer du Nord from 1845, and became a locomotive engineer from 1848. From 1868 until his death, he was head of the prestigious engineering school École Centrale Paris, of which he was also a graduate."
tagline: "French mechanical engineer (1813–1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PetietJulesAlexandre1870.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1813-08-05"
deathDate: "1871-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.35
  momentum:             9.258021390374331
  historical:           12.67375866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Петье, Жюль"
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    title: "جول بيتيي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Petiet"
    title: "Jules Petiet"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Petiet"
    title: "Jules Petiet"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Petiet"
    title: "Jules Petiet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Petiet"
    title: "Jules Petiet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Petiet"
    title: "Jules Petiet"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iulius_Petiet"
    title: "Iulius Petiet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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    title: "Jules Petiet"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump