# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-levavasseur
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:44.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-levavasseur"
name: "Léon Levavasseur"
slug: "leon-levavasseur"
description: "Léon Levavasseur was a French powerplant engineer, aircraft designer and inventor. His innovations included the V8 engine, direct fuel injection, and liquid engine cooling. Primarily associated with the Antoinette company, he continued to experiment with aircraft design after the company went bankrupt."
tagline: "French engineer, aircraft designer and inventor (1863-1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1863-12-07"
deathDate: "1922-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.19
  momentum:             0.8737864077669902
  historical:           6.350253333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur"
    title: "Léon Levavasseur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ليون ليفافاسور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur"
    title: "Léon Levavasseur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur"
    title: "Léon Levavasseur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur"
    title: "Léon Levavasseur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur"
    title: "Léon Levavasseur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Levavasseur"
    title: "Léon Levavasseur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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