# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-shelton-sanford
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:04:30.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-shelton-sanford"
name: "Henry Shelton Sanford"
slug: "henry-shelton-sanford"
description: "Henry Shelton Sanford was an American diplomat and businessman from Connecticut who served as United States Minister to Belgium from 1861 to 1869. He is also known for founding the city of Sanford, Florida and for successfully lobbying the United States into recognizing King Leopold II's claim to the Congo region in Central Africa, the area that would become Leopold's privately-controlled Congo Free State."
tagline: "American diplomat (1823-1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Shelton_Sanford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1823-06-15"
deathDate: "1891-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.46
  momentum:             11.61425576519916
  historical:           4.819944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "هنري شيلتون سانفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shelton_Sanford"
    title: "Henry Shelton Sanford"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shelton_Sanford"
    title: "Henry Shelton Sanford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shelton_Sanford"
    title: "Henry Shelton Sanford"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shelton_Sanford"
    title: "Henry Shelton Sanford"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3133070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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