# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-phelps-eno
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:59:51.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-phelps-eno"
name: "William Phelps Eno"
slug: "william-phelps-eno"
description: "William Phelps Eno was an American businessman responsible for many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control. He is sometimes known as the \"father of traffic safety\", despite never having learned to drive a car himself."
tagline: "American businessman (1858–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Phelps_Eno_-_honorary_driver's_license_issued_by_A._Bertillon%2C_Pr%C3%A9fecture_de_Police%2C_Nancy%2C_France%2C_1912.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: "1858-06-03"
deathDate: "1945-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.89
  momentum:             10.51219512195122
  historical:           6.364365333333334
  currentAttention:     55.55555555555554
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ولیم فیلپس اینو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ويليام فيلپس انو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phelps_Eno"
    title: "William Phelps Eno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phelps_Eno"
    title: "William Phelps Eno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phelps_Eno"
    title: "William Phelps Eno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phelps_Eno"
    title: "William Phelps Eno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phelps_Eno"
    title: "William Phelps Eno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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