# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-childs
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:16:03.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-childs"
name: "David Childs"
slug: "david-childs"
description: "David Magie Childs was an American architect and chairman of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He was the architect of record for One World Trade Center in New York City, which became the Western Hemisphere's tallest skyscraper when it was completed in 2014."
tagline: "American architect (1941–2025)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/383_Madison_Ave_Bear_Stearns_C_R_Flickr_1.jpg/330px-383_Madison_Ave_Bear_Stearns_C_R_Flickr_1.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1941-04-01"
deathDate: "2025-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.890144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "David Childs"
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    title: "David Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Childs"
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    title: "David Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Childs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump