# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rory-byrne
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:24:14.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rory-byrne"
name: "Rory Byrne"
slug: "rory-byrne"
description: "Rory Byrne is a South African semi-retired engineer and car designer, most famous for being the chief designer at the Toleman and Scuderia Ferrari teams of Formula One. Byrne-designed cars have won ninety-nine Grands Prix and seven Constructors' and seven Drivers' titles. This makes Byrne the third most successful Formula One designer, behind rival Adrian Newey and Colin Chapman."
tagline: "South African engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rorybyrne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.36401066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Rory Byrne"
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    title: "Rory Byrne"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump