# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaclav-laurin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:48.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaclav-laurin"
name: "Václav Laurin"
slug: "vaclav-laurin"
description: "Václav Laurin was a Czech engineer, industrialist and automotive pioneer. He, along with Václav Klement, founded automobile manufacturer Laurin & Klement that later became Škoda Auto, the largest Czech company."
tagline: "Czech entrepreneur (1865–1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin_-_(1865_-_1930).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1865-09-27"
deathDate: "1930-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.36
  momentum:             5.070422535211266
  historical:           8.774049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вацлав Лаурін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤاكلاڤ لاورين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin"
    title: "Václav Laurin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin"
    title: "Václav Laurin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin"
    title: "Václav Laurin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "واکلاو لورین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin"
    title: "Václav Laurin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin"
    title: "Václav Laurin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Лаурин, Вацлав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Laurin"
    title: "Václav Laurin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706093"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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