# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephan-farffler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:11:31.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephan-farffler"
name: "Stephan Farffler"
slug: "stephan-farffler"
description: "Stephan Farffler, sometimes spelled Stephan Farfler, was a German watchmaker of the seventeenth century whose invention of a manumotive carriage in 1655 is widely considered to have been the first self-propelled wheelchair. The three-wheeled device is also believed to have been a precursor to the modern-day tricycle and bicycle."
tagline: "German inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rollstuhl_Farfler_1655.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1633-11-12"
deathDate: "1689-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.287330666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Farffler"
    title: "Stephan Farffler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيفان فارفلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Farfler"
    title: "Stephan Farfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Farffler"
    title: "Stephan Farffler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Farfler"
    title: "Stephan Farfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Farffler"
    title: "Stephan Farffler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1805055"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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