# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aaron-lopez
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:57:31.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aaron-lopez"
name: "Aaron Lopez"
slug: "aaron-lopez"
description: "Aaron Lopez was a Portuguese-born merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist. Born in Lisbon into a converso family, he moved to British America, settling in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Through his varied commercial ventures, Lopez became the wealthiest person in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1761 and 1762, Lopez unsuccessfully sued the colonial government of Rhode Island in an attempt to become a British subject."
tagline: "American businessman and slave trader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aaron_Lopez.png?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: "1731"
deathDate: "1782-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             0.5560098119378577
  historical:           7.246476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "آرون لوپیز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "هارون لوبيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "هارون لوبيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Lopez"
    title: "Aaron Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B2"
    title: "آرون لوپز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Lopez"
    title: "Aaron Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%96"
    title: "אהרון לופז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Lopez"
    title: "Aaron Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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