# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-holt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:06.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-holt"
name: "Benjamin Holt"
slug: "benjamin-holt"
description: "Benjamin Leroy Holt was an American businessman and inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor. The continuous-type track is used for heavy agricultural and engineering vehicles to spread the weight over a large area to prevent the vehicle from sinking into soft ground. He founded with his brothers the Holt Manufacturing Company."
tagline: "American inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenjaminHolt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1849-01-01"
deathDate: "1920-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.74741466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Holt"
    title: "Benjamin Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjam%C3%ADn_Holt"
    title: "Benjamín Holt"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Holt"
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    title: "Բենջամին Հոլթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin Holt"
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    title: "Benjamin Holt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump