# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonse-desjardins
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:18.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonse-desjardins"
name: "Alphonse Desjardins"
slug: "alphonse-desjardins"
description: "Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins, born in Levis, Canada East was the co-founder of the Caisses Populaires Desjardins, a forerunner of North American credit unions and community banks. For his contribution to the advancement of agriculture in the province of Quebec, he was posthumously inducted to the Agricultural Hall of Fame of Quebec in 1994."
tagline: "Canadian businessman (1854–1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture_of_Alphonse_Desjardins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1854-11-05"
deathDate: "1920-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.570485333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Альфонс Дежарден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ألفونس دس ديسغاردين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "الفونس دس ديسجاردين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Desjardins_(Genossenschafter)"
    title: "Alphonse Desjardins (Genossenschafter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Desjardins_(co-operator)"
    title: "Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Desjardins"
    title: "Alphonse Desjardins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Desjardins_(bankman)"
    title: "Alphonse Desjardins (bankman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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