# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/auguste-chouteau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:58:40.356Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/auguste-chouteau"
name: "Auguste Chouteau"
slug: "auguste-chouteau"
description: "René-Auguste Chouteau Jr., also known as Auguste Chouteau, was one of the founders of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician. He and his partner had a monopoly for many years of fur trade with the large Osage tribe on the Missouri River. He had numerous business interests in St. Louis and was well-connected with the various rulers: French, Spanish, and American."
tagline: "Fur trader, explorer and settler, founder of the city of Saint-Louis 1750-1829"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Auguste_Chouteau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1749-09-07"
deathDate: "1825-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.830888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Chouteau"
    title: "Auguste Chouteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Chouteau"
    title: "Auguste Chouteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Auguste_Chouteau"
    title: "René-Auguste Chouteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auguste_Chouteau"
    title: "René Auguste Chouteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9E%D0%B3%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Шуто, Огюст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3425664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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