# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:14:32.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-ryan"
name: "Tony Ryan"
slug: "tony-ryan"
description: "Thomas Anthony Ryan was an Irish billionaire businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Ryanair in 1984 along with cofounders Christy Ryan and Liam Lonergan, 9 years after founding Guinness Peat Aviation an international aircraft leasing industry. Through Guinness Peat Aviation and Ryanair, he amassed two fortunes by identifying gaps in the market. Ryanair was believed to be the main source of his wealth in later life: the company became one of the biggest airlines in Europe and was worth approximately $13 billion at the time of his death."
tagline: "Irish businessman (1936–2007)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1936-02-02"
deathDate: "2007-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.67
  momentum:             1.858094864758918
  historical:           12.589952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توني ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تونى ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تونی رایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Райан, Тони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ryan"
    title: "Tony Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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