# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelius-vanderbilt-whitney
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:02:23.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelius-vanderbilt-whitney"
name: "Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney"
slug: "cornelius-vanderbilt-whitney"
description: "Cornelius \"Sonny\" Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player who owned a stable of Thoroughbred racehorses."
tagline: "American businessman (1899-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Whitney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-02-20"
deathDate: "1992-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.87
  momentum:             2.625716104392107
  historical:           4.942812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926274/"
    handle:    "nm0926274"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "كورنيليوس فاندربلت ويتني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Whitney"
    title: "Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Whitney"
    title: "Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "コーネリアス・ヴァンダービルト・ホイットニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%B9_%D9%88%D9%B9%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "کورنیلیس وانڈربلٹ وٹنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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