# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/octave-chanute
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:34:56.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/octave-chanute"
name: "Octave Chanute"
slug: "octave-chanute"
description: "Octave Chanute was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine."
tagline: "French-American aviation pioneer (1832–1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Octave_Chanute.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: "1832-02-18"
deathDate: "1910-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.19
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           14.72390666666667
  currentAttention:     4.4
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوكتاف تشانوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Октав Шанют"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Οκτάβ Σανούτ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Օկտավ Շանյութ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "オクターヴ・シャヌート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8E%D1%82%2C_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Шанют, Октав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute"
    title: "Octave Chanute"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஆக்டேவ் சானுட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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