# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hyrum-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:26:41.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hyrum-smith"
name: "David Hyrum Smith"
slug: "david-hyrum-smith"
description: "David Hyrum Smith was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith, he was an influential missionary and leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was born approximately five months after the murder of his father. Joseph told Emma before he died what the child's name should be. From December 1847, David was raised by his mother and her second husband, Lewis C. Bidamon."
tagline: "American RLDS Church leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1844-11-17"
deathDate: "1904-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.129846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  38
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hyrum_Smith"
    title: "David Hyrum Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hyrum_Smith"
    title: "David Hyrum Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hyrum_Smith"
    title: "David Hyrum Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5235307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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