# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-speyer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:15:26.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-speyer"
name: "Edgar Speyer"
slug: "edgar-speyer"
description: "Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of Speyer Brothers, the British branch of the Speyer family's international finance house, and a partner in the German and American branches. He was chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1906 to 1915, a period during which the company opened three underground railway lines, electrified a fourth and took over two more."
tagline: "British-American financier and philanthropist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Edgar_Speyer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1862-09-07"
deathDate: "1932-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.65
  momentum:             0.2288329519450801
  historical:           6.349425333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edgar Speyer"
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    title: "ادجار شباير"
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    title: "Edgar Speyer"
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    title: "Edgar Speyer"
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    title: "ادگار اسپایر"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edgar Speyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337468"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump