# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-drake
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:47:50.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-drake"
name: "Edwin Drake"
slug: "edwin-drake"
description: "Edwin Laurentine Drake, also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil."
tagline: "American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States (1819-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwindrake.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1819-03-29"
deathDate: "1880-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.909008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump