# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-mencken-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:32:56.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-mencken-jr"
name: "August Mencken, Jr."
slug: "august-mencken-jr"
description: "August Mencken was an American civil engineer and author. He was the younger brother of Henry Louis Mencken and the son of cigar magnate August Mencken Sr."
tagline: "American civil engineer and author (1889–1967)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-02-18"
deathDate: "1967-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.82
  momentum:             1.180555555555556
  historical:           2.205796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  51
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Mencken_Jr."
    title: "August Mencken Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Mencken%2C_Jr."
    title: "August Mencken, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820770"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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