# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-balaban
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:08:32.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-balaban"
name: "Elmer Balaban"
slug: "elmer-balaban"
description: "Elmer Balaban was an American theater owner and early cable television provider."
tagline: "American media magnate"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "2001-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.570197333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  29
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Balaban"
    title: "Elmer Balaban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42223746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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