# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-herschel-beech
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:53:35.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-herschel-beech"
name: "Walter Herschel Beech"
slug: "walter-herschel-beech"
description: "Walter Herschel Beech was an American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur who co-founded the Beech Aircraft Company in 1932 with his wife, Olive Ann Beech, and a team of three others."
tagline: "American pioneer aviator; co-founder of Beech Aircraft Company (1891-1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BIOB00145_Beech.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1891-01-30"
deathDate: "1950-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.083730666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Beech"
    title: "Walter Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "والتر هيرستشيل بيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Beech"
    title: "Walter Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Beech"
    title: "Walter Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Beech"
    title: "Walter Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Beech"
    title: "Walter Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Herschel_Beech"
    title: "Walter Herschel Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81"
    title: "ウォルター・ビーチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Beech"
    title: "Walter Beech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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