# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-gutekunst
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:43:14.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-gutekunst"
name: "Frederick Gutekunst"
slug: "frederick-gutekunst"
description: "Frederick Gutekunst was an American photographer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He opened his first photographic portrait studio with his brother in 1854 and successfully ran his business for sixty years. He grew to national prominence during the American Civil War and expanded his business to include two studios and a large phototype printing operation. He is known as the \"Dean of American Photographers\" due to his high quality portraits of dignitaries and celebrities. He worked as the official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad and received national and international recognition for his photographs of the Gettysburg battlefield and an innovative 10-foot long panoramic photograph of the Centennial Exposition."
tagline: "American photographer (1831-1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_Gutekunst_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1831-09-25"
deathDate: "1917-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             3.095238095238095
  historical:           4.80792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فريدريك جوتيكونست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فريديريك جوتيكونست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Gutekunst"
    title: "Frederick Gutekunst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Gutekunst"
    title: "Frederick Gutekunst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فردریک گوتکونست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1452890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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