# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-blanc
# Generated: 2026-09-01T17:04:05.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-blanc"
name: "François Blanc"
slug: "francois-blanc"
description: "François Blanc, nicknamed \"The Magician of Homburg\" and \"The Magician of Monte Carlo\", was a French entrepreneur and operator of casinos, including the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. His daughter, Marie-Félix, married Prince Roland Bonaparte."
tagline: "French entrepreneur and operator of casinos, including the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco (1806-1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_de_Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanc.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1806-12-12"
deathDate: "1877-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             6.190871369294606
  historical:           5.936902666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanc"
    title: "François Blanc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسوا بلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanc"
    title: "François Blanc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanc"
    title: "François Blanc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanc"
    title: "François Blanc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanc"
    title: "François Blanc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1450912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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