# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-joseph-ravel
# Generated: 2026-09-01T10:12:31.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-joseph-ravel"
name: "Pierre-Joseph Ravel"
slug: "pierre-joseph-ravel"
description: "Pierre-Joseph Ravel was a Swiss-French civil engineer and inventor who was an early pioneer of the automobile industry. He invented and drove the steam-powered automobile in the late 1860s, developed an acetylene-powered two-stroke engine, built a racing car that could achieve speeds of up to 6 kilometres per hour (3.7 mph), and built a vehicle that could perform a somersault."
tagline: "Engineer (1832-1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre_Joseph_Ravel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1832-09-19"
deathDate: "1908-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.543017333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Ravel"
    title: "Pierre-Joseph Ravel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19975103"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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