# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiram-berdan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:52:02.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiram-berdan"
name: "Hiram Berdan"
slug: "hiram-berdan"
description: "Hiram Berdan was an American engineer, inventor, military officer, marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War. He was the inventor of the Berdan rifle, the Berdan centerfire primer and other weapons and accessories."
tagline: "Union Army General (1824–1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiramberdan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1824-09-06"
deathDate: "1893-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.19791733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Гайрем Бердан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "حيرام بيردان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "حيرام بيردان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Бердан, Хайрем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Хирам Бердан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Berdan"
    title: "Hiram Berdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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