# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:04.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-benson"
name: "Benny Benson"
slug: "benny-benson"
description: "John Ben Benson Jr. was an Alaska Native best known for designing the flag of Alaska. Benson was 14 years old when he won a contest in 1927 to design the flag for the Territory of Alaska, which became a U.S. state on January 3, 1959."
tagline: "American boy who designed the Alaska state flag, winning a 1926 contest (1913–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benny_Benson_holding_the_flag_of_Alaska_that_he_designed.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-09-12"
deathDate: "1972-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.190501333333334
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Benson"
    title: "Benny Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيني بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benni_Benson"
    title: "Benni Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Benson"
    title: "Benny Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Benson"
    title: "Benny Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "ბენი ბენსონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Бенсон, Бенни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2088251"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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