# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-gordon-selfridge
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:20.873Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-gordon-selfridge"
name: "Harry Gordon Selfridge"
slug: "harry-gordon-selfridge"
description: "Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. The early years of his leadership led to his becoming one of the wealthiest and most respected retail magnates in the United Kingdom. He was known as \"the Earl of Oxford Street\"."
tagline: "American born English businessman (1858–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Gordon_Selfridge_circa_1910.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: "1858-01-11"
deathDate: "1947-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.97
  momentum:             2.07618025751073
  historical:           14.95751066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 242
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump