# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-washington-vanderbilt
# Generated: 2026-09-01T08:44:10.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-washington-vanderbilt"
name: "George Washington Vanderbilt"
slug: "george-washington-vanderbilt"
description: "George Washington Vanderbilt II was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He commissioned the construction of a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore Estate."
tagline: "American art collector (1862–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Washington_Vanderbilt%2C_oil_on_canvas_portrait_by_John_Singer_Sargent%2C_The_Biltmore_House%2C_Asheville%2C_North_Carolina_circa_1890.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1862-11-14"
deathDate: "1914-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.518106666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
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    title: "جورج واشنطن فاندربيلت الثاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Vanderbilt_II"
    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Vanderbilt_II"
    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Vanderbilt_II"
    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%882%E4%B8%96"
    title: "ジョージ・ワシントン・ヴァンダービルト2世"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Vanderbilt_II"
    title: "George Washington Vanderbilt II"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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