# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-cheval
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:23.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-cheval"
name: "Ferdinand Cheval"
slug: "ferdinand-cheval"
description: "Ferdinand Cheval, often nicknamed Facteur Cheval was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal in Hauterives, in southeastern France. It is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture."
tagline: "French architect (1836–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferdinand_Cheval.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "architects"
profileType:
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  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1836-04-19"
deathDate: "1924-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 84
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump