# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-dayton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:57:31.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-dayton"
name: "George Dayton"
slug: "george-dayton"
description: "George Draper Dayton was an American businessman and philanthropist, most famous for being the founder of Dayton's department store, which later launched the Target Corporation."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Draper_-_Gesch%C3%A4ftsmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1857-03-06"
deathDate: "1938-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.515626666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George Dayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج دايتون (رائد أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج دايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dayton"
    title: "George Dayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dayton"
    title: "George Dayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جرج دیتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5538446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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