# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-davis-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:30:26.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-davis-wilson"
name: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
slug: "benjamin-davis-wilson"
description: "Benjamin Davis Wilson, commonly known as Don Benito Wilson, was an American-Mexican politician, fur trapper, and ranchero of California. Born in Tennessee to parents from Virginia, Wilson eventually settled in Alta California when it was part of the Republic of Mexico, and acquired Rancho Jurupa. He became a naturalized Mexican citizen and married into a prominent Californio family."
tagline: "Politician from the United States (1811-1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson%2C_c._1875.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-12-01"
deathDate: "1878-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.99
  momentum:             0.2004555808656037
  historical:           9.013937333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامین داویس ویلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson"
    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson"
    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson"
    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson"
    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson"
    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson"
    title: "Benjamin Davis Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump