# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-yerkes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:37:09.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-yerkes"
name: "Charles Yerkes"
slug: "charles-yerkes"
description: "Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr. was an American financier. He played a part in developing mass-transit systems in Chicago and London."
tagline: "American banker and art collector (1837-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yerkes002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1837-06-25"
deathDate: "1905-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.514948
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump