# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-d-urban
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:19:12.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-d-urban"
name: "Benjamin d'Urban"
slug: "benjamin-d-urban"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony. Durban, the third-largest city in South Africa, was renamed in his honor."
tagline: "British general and colonial administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Benjamin_d'Urban_(1777-1849).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1777"
deathDate: "1849-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.62
  momentum:             0.24
  historical:           10.30813866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Benjamin d'Urban"
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  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D%E2%80%99Urban"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بينچامين دوربان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin d'Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D%E2%80%99Urban"
    title: "Benjamin D’Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D'Urban"
    title: "Benjamin D'Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D'Urban"
    title: "Benjamin D'Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_d'Urban"
    title: "Benjamin d'Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D'Urban"
    title: "Benjamin D'Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D'Urban"
    title: "Benjamin D'Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_d%E2%80%99Urban"
    title: "Benjamin d’Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%E2%80%99%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Д’Урбан, Бенджамин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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