# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benton-mackaye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:32:04.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benton-mackaye"
name: "Benton MacKaye"
slug: "benton-mackaye"
description: "Benton MacKaye was an American forester, planner and conservationist. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut; his father was actor and dramatist Steele MacKaye. After studying forestry at Harvard University, Benton taught there for several years. He held positions in the U.S. Forest Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Department of Labor; he was also a member of the Technical Alliance where he participated in the Energy Survey of North America."
tagline: "American forester (1879-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BentonMacKaye.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1879-03-06"
deathDate: "1975-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.020232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بینٹن میکے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "بنتون ماكاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_MacKaye"
    title: "Benton MacKaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_MacKaye"
    title: "Benton MacKaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_MacKaye"
    title: "Benton MacKaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_MacKaye"
    title: "Benton MacKaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ベントン・マッカイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_MacKaye"
    title: "Benton MacKaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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