# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-leedskalnin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:35:38.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-leedskalnin"
name: "Edward Leedskalnin"
slug: "edward-leedskalnin"
description: "Edward Leedskalnin was a Latvian immigrant to the United States and self-taught engineer who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Leedskalnin was also known for developing theories of magnetism."
tagline: "American artist of Latvian origin (1887–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coral_Castle_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1887-01-12"
deathDate: "1951-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.51409466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إدوارد ليدسكالنين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد ليدسكالنين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvards_Liedskalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Edvards Liedskalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "אדוארד לידסקאלנין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvards_Liedskalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Edvards Liedskalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin"
    title: "Edward Leedskalnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Лидскалнин, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1121876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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