# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-sturgeon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:21:30.569Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-sturgeon"
name: "William Sturgeon"
slug: "william-sturgeon"
description: "William Sturgeon was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor."
tagline: "British inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Sturgeon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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birthDate: "1783-05-22"
deathDate: "1850-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump