# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-maurice-adolphe-linant-de-bellefonds
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:23:59.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-maurice-adolphe-linant-de-bellefonds"
name: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
slug: "louis-maurice-adolphe-linant-de-bellefonds"
description: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha was an explorer of Egypt and, as the chief engineer of Egypt's public works, 1831–1869, an influential engineer of the Suez Canal. He is listed as a founder of the Suez Canal Company."
tagline: "Explorer and chief engineer of the Suez Canal (1798-1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linant_Pacha_de_Bellefonds%2C_Louis_Maurice_Adolphe%2C_BNF_Gallica.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: "1798-11-23"
deathDate: "1883-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.884666666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Линан де Бельфон, Луи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لينان دو بلفون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لويس موريس ادولف لينان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Maurice_Adolphe_Linant_de_Bellefonds"
    title: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Maurice_Adolphe_Linant_de_Bellefonds"
    title: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Maurice_Adolphe_Linant_de_Bellefonds"
    title: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Maurice_Adolphe_Linant_de_Bellefonds"
    title: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Maurice_Adolphe_Linant_de_Bellefonds"
    title: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Maurice_Adolphe_Linant_de_Bellefonds"
    title: "Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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