# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-j-flanagan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:51.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-j-flanagan"
name: "Edward J. Flanagan"
slug: "edward-j-flanagan"
description: "Edward Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States who served for decades in Nebraska. After serving as a parish priest in the Diocese of Omaha, he founded the orphanage and educational complex known as Boys Town, located west of the city in what is now Boys Town, Douglas County, Nebraska. In the 21st century, the complex also serves as a center for troubled youth."
tagline: "American priest in Nebraska (1886-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boys_Town_founder_Edward_J._Flanagan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1886-07-13"
deathDate: "1948-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.37059866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward Joseph Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Flanagan"
    title: "Edward Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Flanagan"
    title: "Edward Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エドワード・ジョゼフ・フラナガン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Flanagan"
    title: "Edward Joseph Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan"
    title: "Edward J. Flanagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292211"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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