# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-augustus-hansberry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:07:45.499Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-augustus-hansberry"
name: "Carl Augustus Hansberry"
slug: "carl-augustus-hansberry"
description: "Carl Augustus Hansberry was an American real estate broker and political activist who was the plaintiff in the 1940 Supreme Court decision Hansberry v. Lee. He was also the father of playwright Lorraine Hansberry and the great-grandfather of actress Taye Hansberry."
tagline: "American activist and businessman (1895-1946)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Portrait_of_Carl_Augustus_Hansberry%2C_Chicago_real_estate_broker%2C_entrepreneur%2C_civic_leader_and_father_of_playwright_Lorraine_Hansberry%2C_%281940%29_Nypl.digitalcollections.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1895-04-30"
deathDate: "1946-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           1.548813333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Augustus_Hansberry"
    title: "Carl Augustus Hansberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5039841"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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