# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-m-drake
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:06:42.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-m-drake"
name: "Francis M. Drake"
slug: "francis-m-drake"
description: "Francis Marion Drake was an American merchant, lawyer, banker and politician. He fought in the American Civil War and later became the 16th governor of Iowa. He is the namesake of Drake University."
tagline: "American soldier, businessman and politician (1830-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancisMDrake.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1830-12-30"
deathDate: "1903-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.095238095238095
  historical:           8.744205333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فرانسیس ام. درئیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Francis M. Drake"
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    title: "פרנסיס דרייק (מושל איווה)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump