# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-diehl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:17:50.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-diehl"
name: "Philip Diehl"
slug: "philip-diehl"
description: "Philip H. Diehl was a German-American mechanical engineer and inventor who held several U.S. patents, including electric incandescent lamps, electric motors for sewing machines and other uses, and ceiling fans. Diehl was a contemporary of Thomas Edison and his inventions caused Edison to reduce the price of his incandescent bulb."
tagline: "German-American engineer and inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip_Diehl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1847-01-29"
deathDate: "1913-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.81
  momentum:             21.16639477977161
  historical:           7.035676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl_(talaimbentu)"
    title: "Philip Diehl (talaimbentu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "فيليب ديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl"
    title: "Philip Diehl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl_(inventor)"
    title: "Philip Diehl (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl"
    title: "Philip Diehl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl"
    title: "Philip Diehl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl"
    title: "Philip Diehl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H._Diehl"
    title: "Philip H. Diehl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2479516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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