# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-birkigt
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:19:15.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-birkigt"
name: "Marc Birkigt"
slug: "marc-birkigt"
description: "Marc Birkigt was a Swiss engineer, automotive and aviation pioneer, and co-founder of Hispano-Suiza in 1904."
tagline: "Swiss mechanical engineer and entrepreneur (1878-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Birkigt%2C_Marc_(1878-1953)-Portrait-Portr_03330.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1878-03-08"
deathDate: "1953-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.76303333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "مارك بيركيجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "مارک بریکجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Birkigt"
    title: "Marc Birkigt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Биркигт, Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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