# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siegfried-marcus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:16:45.679Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/siegfried-marcus"
name: "Siegfried Marcus"
slug: "siegfried-marcus"
description: "Siegfried Samuel Marcus was a German engineer and inventor, born in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He made the first petrol-powered vehicle, a handcart, in 1870, while living in Vienna, Austria. Marcus created a second vehicle in 1888/1889, but it is not known if he used it, and he did not develop it further. Marcus' vehicles had no influence on the development of cars, and his experimental vehicles were regarded by some journalists as \"impractical\". However, Marcus is credited with developing the ignition magneto used in spark-ignition engines."
tagline: "German-Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus_sitzend.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1831-09-18"
deathDate: "1898-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump