# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-ossian-flipper
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:49.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-ossian-flipper"
name: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
slug: "henry-ossian-flipper"
description: "Henry Ossian Flipper was an American soldier, engineer, former slave and in 1877, the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He was also an author who wrote about scientific topics and his life experiences."
tagline: "American soldier, formerly enslaved person, and first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point (1856–1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_O._Flipper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1856-03-21"
deathDate: "1940-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             5.141400092721373
  historical:           6.450909333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossian_Flipper"
    title: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossian_Flipper"
    title: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossian_Flipper"
    title: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossian_Flipper"
    title: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Флиппер, Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossian_Flipper"
    title: "Henry Ossian Flipper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3078422"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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