# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benno-elkan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:05.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benno-elkan"
name: "Benno Elkan"
slug: "benno-elkan"
description: "Benno Elkan OBE was a German-born British sculptor and medallist. His work includes the big Menorah standing in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem and also numerous monuments, busts and medals in Germany and England."
tagline: "German Jewish sculptor (1877-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benno_Elkan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1877-12-02"
deathDate: "1960-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.095826666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_Elkan"
    title: "Benno Elkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بينو الكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_Elkan"
    title: "Benno Elkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_Elkan"
    title: "Benno Elkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_Elkan"
    title: "Benno Elkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_Elkan"
    title: "Benno Elkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benno_Elkan"
    title: "Benno Elkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9F"
    title: "בנו אלקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE"
    title: "Элькан, Бенно"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215597"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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