# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-rutgers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:51:46.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-rutgers"
name: "Henry Rutgers"
slug: "henry-rutgers"
description: "Henry Rutgers was an American philanthropist, businessman, legislator, and Revolutionary War veteran from New York City. Most notably the namesake of Rutgers University, the college was named in his honor following his donation of a $5,000 bond and a $200 bronze bell which is still in use."
tagline: "American politician (1745–1830)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Col_henry_rutgers.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1745-10-07"
deathDate: "1830-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             6.694214876033058
  historical:           3.977757333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "هنرى روتجرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rutgers"
    title: "Henry Rutgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A8%EB%A6%AC_%EB%9F%BF%EA%B1%B0%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "헨리 럿거스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%82%D2%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Генрі Ратґерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12094720"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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