# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-abruzzo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:36.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-abruzzo"
name: "Ben Abruzzo"
slug: "ben-abruzzo"
description: "Benjamin L. Abruzzo was an American balloonist and businessman who helped make Albuquerque, New Mexico, into an international ballooning center. He was part of the balloon crews that made the first Atlantic Ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle II and the first Pacific Ocean crossing by balloon in the Double Eagle V."
tagline: "American aviator and balloonist (1930–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Abruzzo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1930-06-09"
deathDate: "1985-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             10.24390243902439
  historical:           6.548525333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%BE%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Абруззо, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abruzzo"
    title: "Ben Abruzzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abruzzo"
    title: "Ben Abruzzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abruzzo"
    title: "Ben Abruzzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8B"
    title: "ബെൻ അബ്രൂസോ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abruzzo"
    title: "Ben Abruzzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abruzzo"
    title: "Ben Abruzzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1874634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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