# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-altman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:40:16.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-altman"
name: "Benjamin Altman"
slug: "benjamin-altman"
description: "Benjamin Altman was a New York City department store owner and art collector who is best known today for his large art collection, which he donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art."
tagline: "Art collector and founder B. Altman & Co. (1840-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Altman.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: "1840-07-12"
deathDate: "1913-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.11
  momentum:             9.485994397759104
  historical:           10.94892133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Benjamin Altman"
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    title: "Benjamin Altman"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Altman"
    title: "Benjamin Altman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Altman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Altman"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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