# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-b-wesson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:25.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-b-wesson"
name: "Daniel B. Wesson"
slug: "daniel-b-wesson"
description: "Daniel Baird Wesson was an American inventor and firearms designer. He helped develop several influential firearm designs over the course of his life; he and Horace Smith were the co-founders of two companies named \"Smith & Wesson\", the first of which was eventually reorganized into the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and the latter of which became the modern Smith & Wesson."
tagline: "American gunsmith (1825–1906)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1825-05-18"
deathDate: "1906-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump