# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-oscanyan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:12:32.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-oscanyan"
name: "Christopher Oscanyan"
slug: "christopher-oscanyan"
description: "Christopher Oscanyan, also known as Khachig Oskanian and Khachadour Vosganian, was an American-Armenian journalist and writer. He was one of the first Armenian settlers in the United States. He also served as Turkish consul in New York."
tagline: "Armenian-American journalist (1818-1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher_Oscanyan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1818-04-23"
deathDate: "1895-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.60252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Oscanyan"
    title: "Christopher Oscanyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "کریستوفر اوسکانیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachig_Oskanian"
    title: "Khachig Oskanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%A1%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80_%D5%95%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Խաչատուր Օսկանյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%A1%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80_%D5%88%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Խաչատուր Ոսկանեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5113002"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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