# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedict-arnold
# Generated: 2026-09-06T09:52:31.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedict-arnold"
name: "Benedict Arnold"
slug: "benedict-arnold"
description: "Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West Point in New York. Arnold was planning to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780, whereupon he fled to the British lines. In the later part of the war, Arnold was commissioned as a brigadier general in the British Army and placed in command of the American Legion. He led British forces in battle against the army which he had once commanded, and his name became synonymous with treason and betrayal in the United States."
tagline: "Army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benedict_Arnold_1color.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1741-01-14"
deathDate: "1801-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.12653866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 48
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "بينيديكت أرنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Arnold"
    title: "Benedikt Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4"
    title: "Бенедикт Арнолд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "بندیکت آرنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "בנדיקט ארנולד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%8D%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "ベネディクト・アーノルド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EB%84%A4%EB%94%95%ED%8A%B8_%EC%95%84%EB%84%90%EB%93%9C"
    title: "베네딕트 아널드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_Arnoldius"
    title: "Benedictus Arnoldius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Benedict Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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