# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-k-ludwig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:15.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-k-ludwig"
name: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
slug: "daniel-k-ludwig"
description: "Daniel Keith Ludwig was an American shipping businessman, who was also involved in many other industries. He pioneered the construction of super tankers in Japan, founded Exportadora de Sal, SA in Mexico and developed it as the largest salt company in the world, built a model community in association with the Jari project, which he pioneered, on the Amazon River in Brazil to produce pulp paper, and had numerous hotels around the world."
tagline: "American businessman (1897–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_K._Ludwig_(US_Shipping_Magnate%2C_1920).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1897-06-24"
deathDate: "1992-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.75
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.919021333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83._%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%BA"
    title: "دانيال ك. لودفيغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Keith_Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel Keith Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Ludwig"
    title: "Daniel K. Ludwig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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