# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lyman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:13:57.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lyman"
name: "William Lyman"
slug: "william-lyman"
description: "William Worcester Lyman was an American inventor from Meriden, Connecticut. He is credited with inventing the first rotating wheel can opener."
tagline: "American inventor (1821–1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WWLyman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1821-03-29"
deathDate: "1891-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.51
  momentum:             12.63157894736842
  historical:           4.803636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B9)"
    title: "ويليام ليمان (مخترع)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%86_(%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C)"
    title: "ویلیام لیمن (یاراتیجی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyman_(Erfinder)"
    title: "William Lyman (Erfinder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyman_(inventor)"
    title: "William Lyman (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyman_(Penemu)"
    title: "William Lyman (Penemu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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