# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ezra-cornell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:47:46.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ezra-cornell"
name: "Ezra Cornell"
slug: "ezra-cornell"
description: "Ezra Cornell was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist. He was involved in the founding of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as president of the New York Agriculture Society and as a New York State Senator."
tagline: "American businessman (1807-1874)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ezra_Cornell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1807-01-11"
deathDate: "1874-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           16.354764
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  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