# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-zaharoff
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:21:07.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-zaharoff"
name: "Basil Zaharoff"
slug: "basil-zaharoff"
description: "Basil Zaharoff was a Greek arms dealer and industrialist. One of the richest men in the world during his lifetime, Zaharoff was described as both a \"merchant of death\" and a \"mystery man of Europe\". His success was forged through his cunning, often aggressive and sharp, business tactics. These included the sale of arms to opposing sides in conflicts, sometimes delivering fake or faulty machinery and skilfully using the press to attack business rivals."
tagline: "Greek-born arms dealer and industrialist (1849-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zaharoff%2C_Basil_(Meurisse_1928)_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1849-10-06"
deathDate: "1936-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.55
  historical:           18.23526533333333
  currentAttention:     1.642857142857143
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump