# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ransom-e-olds
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:25:03.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ransom-e-olds"
name: "Ransom E. Olds"
slug: "ransom-e-olds"
description: "Ransom Eli Olds was an American businessman and executive who was known as a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-powered car in 1896. The modern assembly line and its basic concept is credited to Olds, who used it to build the first mass-produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, beginning in 1901."
tagline: "American businessman (1864–1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olds2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1864-06-03"
deathDate: "1950-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.019639934533551
  historical:           19.394868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump