# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-dunkelman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:05:03.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-dunkelman"
name: "Ben Dunkelman"
slug: "ben-dunkelman"
description: "Benjamin \"Ben\" Dunkelman DSO was a Canadian Jewish military officer and businessman. Dunkelman served in the Canadian Army in World War II and the Israel Defense Forces in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In Israel, he was called Benjamin Ben-David. He subsequently headed the retail chain Tip Top Tailors and was a real estate developer, art gallery owner, and restauranteur."
tagline: "Canadian Army officer (1913–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Dunkelman_Oct_1948.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1913-06-26"
deathDate: "1997-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.353997333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Дункельман, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بن دنكلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Dunkelman"
    title: "Ben Dunkelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Dunkelman"
    title: "Ben Dunkelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Dunkelman"
    title: "Ben Dunkelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F"
    title: "בן דונקלמן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Dunkelman"
    title: "Ben Dunkelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2355794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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