# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-crocker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:11.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-crocker"
name: "Charles Crocker"
slug: "charles-crocker"
description: "Charles Crocker was an American railroad executive and founding patriarch of the Crocker business dynasty. He was a member of the \"Big Four\" who famously oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad and purchased control of the Southern Pacific Railroad."
tagline: "American railroad executive who founded the Central Pacific Railroad (1822–1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_C_Crocker_by_Stephen_W_Shaw.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1822-09-16"
deathDate: "1888-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.25
  momentum:             0.0551470588235294
  historical:           7.287372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker"
    title: "Charles Crocker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلز كروكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشارلز كروكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker"
    title: "Charles Crocker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker"
    title: "Charles Crocker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker"
    title: "Charles Crocker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker"
    title: "Charles Crocker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Crocker"
    title: "Charles Crocker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2958817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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