# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dikran-kelekian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:29:07.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dikran-kelekian"
name: "Dikran Kelekian"
slug: "dikran-kelekian"
description: "Dikran Kelekian was a notable collector and dealer of Islamic art. The son of an Armenian banker from Kayseri, Dikran Kelekian and his brother Kevork set themselves up in the antiquities business in Istanbul in 1892. The next year, Dikiran came to the United States as a commissioner for the Persian Pavilion at the World's Columbia Exposition in Chicago. He soon established shops in New York, Paris, London, and Cairo, where he and his brother flourished as vendors selling works of art and antiquities."
tagline: "Armenian-American art dealer (1868-1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dikran_Kelekian_(1902).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1868-01-19"
deathDate: "1951"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.95
  momentum:             2.738883632923368
  historical:           4.80576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikran_Khan_Kelekian"
    title: "Dikran Khan Kelekian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikran_Kelekian"
    title: "Dikran Kelekian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تیگران کلکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikran_K%C3%A9l%C3%A9kian"
    title: "Dikran Kélékian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%AB%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Տիգրան Քելեկյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5276568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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