# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-w-benoist
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:16:00.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-w-benoist"
name: "Thomas W. Benoist"
slug: "thomas-w-benoist"
description: "Thomas W. Benoist  was an American aviator and aircraft manufacturer. In an aviation career of only ten years, he formed the world's first aircraft parts distribution company, established one of the leading early American aircraft manufacturing companies and a successful flying school, and from January to April 1914 operated the world's first scheduled airline."
tagline: "Aviator (1874–1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Wesley_Benoist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1874-12-29"
deathDate: "1917-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             2.545454545454545
  historical:           6.140785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Benoist"
    title: "Thomas W. Benoist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "توماس دبليو. بينويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Benoist"
    title: "Tomas Benoist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wesley_Benoist"
    title: "Thomas Wesley Benoist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Benoist"
    title: "Thomas W. Benoist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Benoist"
    title: "Thomas W. Benoist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Benoist"
    title: "Thomas Benoist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5570727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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