# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-j-kaufmann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:51:02.289Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-j-kaufmann"
name: "Edgar J. Kaufmann"
slug: "edgar-j-kaufmann"
description: "Edgar Jonas Kaufmann was an American businessman and philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural masterpieces, Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, designed by Richard Neutra."
tagline: "American businessman (1885–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_J._Kaufmann_Pittsburgh_Post_1916.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1885-11-01"
deathDate: "1955-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.84
  momentum:             15.50965021731585
  historical:           5.785034666666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 241
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_J._Kaufmann"
    title: "Edgar J. Kaufmann"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إدغار جاي كوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ادجار جاى كوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_J._Kaufmann"
    title: "Edgar J. Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_J._Kaufmann"
    title: "Edgar J. Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "ادگار جی. کافمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1283952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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