# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-norton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:59:16.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-norton"
name: "Emperor Norton"
slug: "emperor-norton"
description: "Joshua Abraham Norton was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself \"Emperor of these United States\" in a proclamation that he signed \"Norton I., Emperor of the United States\". Commonly known as Emperor Norton, he took the secondary title \"Protector of Mexico\" in 1866."
tagline: "San Francisco eccentric and self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/His-Imperial-Majesty-Emperor-Norton-I-portrait-crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1811-01-17"
deathDate: "1880-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.22596933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 74
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump