# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claus-spreckels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:18:11.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claus-spreckels"
name: "Claus Spreckels"
slug: "claus-spreckels"
description: "Claus Spreckels was a German-born American industrialist in California and Hawaii, during the kingdom and republican periods of the islands' history. He founded or was involved in several enterprises, most notably the company that bears his name, Spreckels Sugar Company."
tagline: "German-American sugar entrepreneur (1828–1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claus_Spreckels%2C_The_Sugar_King_(Cropped_and_enhanced).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: "1828-07-09"
deathDate: "1908-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.95
  momentum:             1.543408360128617
  historical:           6.182185333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Spreckels"
    title: "Claus Spreckels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "كلاوس سپريكيلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Spreckels"
    title: "Claus Spreckels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Spreckels"
    title: "Claus Spreckels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Spreckels"
    title: "Claus Spreckels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Spreckels"
    title: "Claus Spreckels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Spreckels"
    title: "Claus Spreckels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214228"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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