# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-linder
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:08:14.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-linder"
name: "Ben Linder"
slug: "ben-linder"
description: "Benjamin Ernest Linder, was an American engineer. While working on a small hydroelectric dam in rural northern Nicaragua, Linder and two of his colleagues, Pablo Rosales and Sergio Hernández, were ambushed and killed by the Contras, a loose confederation of rebel groups funded by the U.S. government."
tagline: "American engineer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Ben_Linder_with_Nicaraguan_children.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1959-07-07"
deathDate: "1987-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.97
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.118290666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8F%AD%C2%B7%E6%9E%97%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "班·林德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "بين ليندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "بين ليندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Linder"
    title: "Ben Linder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Linder"
    title: "Ben Linder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Linder"
    title: "Benjamin Linder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Linder"
    title: "Benjamin Linder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Linder"
    title: "Ben Linder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Линдер, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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