# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-mekarski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:02:54.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-mekarski"
name: "Louis Mékarski"
slug: "louis-mekarski"
description: "Louis Mékarski was a French engineer and inventor of Polish origin. In the 1870s he invented the so-called Mekarski system of compressed-air powered trams which was used in several cities of France and USA as alternative to horse-powered and steam-powered trams."
tagline: "French engineer (1843–1923)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tramway_%C3%A0_air_comprim%C3%A9_CGO_type_1900.jpg/330px-Tramway_%C3%A0_air_comprim%C3%A9_CGO_type_1900.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1843-01-25"
deathDate: "1923-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.475054666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_M%C3%A9karski"
    title: "Louis Mékarski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "لويس مكارسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_M%C3%A9karski"
    title: "Louis Mékarski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_M%C4%99karski"
    title: "Ludwik Mękarski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_M%C3%A9karski"
    title: "Louis Mékarski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_M%C3%A9karski"
    title: "Louis Mékarski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442705"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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