# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hennessy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:32:51.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hennessy"
name: "David Hennessy"
slug: "david-hennessy"
description: "David C. Hennessy was an American policeman and detective who served as a police chief of New Orleans from 1888 until his death in 1890. As a young detective, he made headlines in 1881 when he captured a notorious Italian criminal, Giuseppe Esposito. In 1888, he was promoted to superintendent and chief of police. While in office he made a number of improvements to the force, and was well known and respected in the New Orleans community."
tagline: "American police chief"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hennessy.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1858"
deathDate: "1890-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.07
  momentum:             1.883044063007586
  historical:           5.933374666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "David Hennessy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A"
    title: "دايفيد هينيسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hennessy"
    title: "David Hennessy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96"
    title: "Девід Геннессі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC_(%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "デヴィッド・ヘネシー (政治家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Хеннесси, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5234909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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