# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:14:08.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dean"
name: "William Dean"
slug: "william-dean"
description: "William Dean was an English railway engineer. He was the second son of Henry Dean, who was the manager of the Hawes Soap Factory in New Cross, London. William was educated at the Haberdashers' Company School. He became the Chief Locomotive Engineer for the Great Western Railway from 1877, when he succeeded Joseph Armstrong. He retired from the post in 1902 and was replaced by George Jackson Churchward. He designed famous steam locomotive classes such as the Duke Class, the Bulldog Class and the long-lived 2301 Class."
tagline: "British engineer (1840–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Dean.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1840-01-08"
deathDate: "1905-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.71
  momentum:             17.3045267489712
  historical:           7.210764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Дин, Уильям (инженер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean"
    title: "William Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "William Dean (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean_(engineer)"
    title: "William Dean (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean_(ingeniero)"
    title: "William Dean (ingeniero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean"
    title: "William Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3_(%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ディーン (技術者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean"
    title: "William Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4019980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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