# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-escher
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:59:16.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-escher"
name: "Alfred Escher"
slug: "alfred-escher"
description: "Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas, colloquially Alfred Escher, was a Swiss business magnate, banker, railway pioneer and politician who most notably served on the National Council from 1848 to 1882 for the Liberal Party."
tagline: "Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (1819–1882)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Escher%2C_Alfred_(1819-1882)-Portrait-Portr_05342.tif_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1819-02-20"
deathDate: "1882-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5770340450086555
  historical:           19.331976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Alfred Escher"
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    title: "Alfred Escher"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump