# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brodie-duke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:33.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brodie-duke"
name: "Brodie Duke"
slug: "brodie-duke"
description: "Brodie Leonidas Duke was an American entrepreneur, often credited with starting the tobacco manufacturing industry in Durham, North Carolina. Founder of Semper Idem, and co-founder of W. Duke, Sons & Co., Brodie produced and sold tobacco products across North Carolina for over 20 years. He mainly worked out of his property around Downtown Durham, including from his famous warehouse, the Brodie Duke Warehouse."
tagline: "American tobacco entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brodie_duke_photo.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1846-09-17"
deathDate: "1919-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.29
  momentum:             3.023255813953488
  historical:           1.552665333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  34
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodie_Duke"
    title: "Brodie Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64876039"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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