# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-ponzi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:28.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-ponzi"
name: "Charles Ponzi"
slug: "charles-ponzi"
description: "Charles Ponzi was an Italian charlatan and con artist who operated in the United States and Canada. His aliases included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi."
tagline: "Italian businessman and con artist (1882–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ponzi1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1882-03-03"
deathDate: "1949-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.45934133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 247
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Ponzi"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Չարլզ Պոնզի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Ponzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Ponzi"
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    title: "Charles Ponzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Ponzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ponzi"
    title: "Charles Ponzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360145"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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