# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-bennard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:33:08.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-bennard"
name: "George Bennard"
slug: "george-bennard"
description: "George Bennard was an American hymn composer and preacher. He is best known for composing the famous hymn, \"The Old Rugged Cross\"."
tagline: "American composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gbennard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1873-02-04"
deathDate: "1958-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.486934666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4068822/"
    handle:    "nm4068822"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5cb9f8ea-7182-430f-809d-b7e1f64f2c51"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "چورچ بينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Джордж Бэнард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bennard"
    title: "George Bennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bennard"
    title: "George Bennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bennard"
    title: "George Bennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bennard"
    title: "George Bennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bennard"
    title: "George Bennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "جارج بینارڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5536895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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