# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anthony-francis-lucas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:13:34.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anthony-francis-lucas"
name: "Anthony Francis Lucas"
slug: "anthony-francis-lucas"
description: "Anthony Francis Lucas was a Croatian-born American oil explorer. With Pattillo Higgins, he organized the drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas, that became known as Spindletop. This led to the widespread exploitation of oil and the start of the Petroleum Age."
tagline: "Croatian oil explorer (1855-1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony_F._Lucas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1855-09-09"
deathDate: "1921-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.28
  momentum:             5.472972972972971
  historical:           9.224732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "انتونی فرانسیس لوکاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anthony Francis Lucas"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Francis_Lucas"
    title: "Anthony Francis Lucas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Francis_Lucas"
    title: "Anthony Francis Lucas"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Francis_Lucas"
    title: "Anthony Francis Lucas"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Francis_Lucas"
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  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antun_Lu%C4%8Di%C4%87_(mineralog)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump