# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-selfridge
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:01:45.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-selfridge"
name: "Thomas Selfridge"
slug: "thomas-selfridge"
description: "Thomas Etholen Selfridge was an American first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash while on duty. He was killed while seated as a passenger in a Wright Flyer, on a demonstration flight piloted by Orville Wright."
tagline: "First person ever to die in an airplane crash"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_selfridge_smoking_pipe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1882-02-08"
deathDate: "1908-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             1.654464104128534
  historical:           8.816133333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC"
    title: "توماس سلفريدج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas E. Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Etholen_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Etholen Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Etholen_Selfridge"
    title: "Thomas Etholen Selfridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346216"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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