# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-whitehead
# Generated: 2026-09-02T10:45:00.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-whitehead"
name: "Robert Whitehead"
slug: "robert-whitehead"
description: "Robert Whitehead was an English engineer who was most famous for developing the first effective self-propelled naval torpedo."
tagline: "English engineer (1823–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Whitehead.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1823-01-03"
deathDate: "1905-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.18700933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Роберт Вайтгед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "Robert Whitehead (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead_(engineer)"
    title: "Robert Whitehead (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Уайтхед, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitehead"
    title: "Robert Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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