# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hobart-johnstone-whitley
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:55:49.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hobart-johnstone-whitley"
name: "Hobart Johnstone Whitley"
slug: "hobart-johnstone-whitley"
description: "Hobart Johnstone Whitley was a Canadian-American businessman and real estate developer. Whitley is best known for helping create the Hollywood subdivision in Los Angeles. He is among those known as the \"Father of Hollywood.\""
tagline: "American businessman, California land developer (1847-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HJ_Whitley.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: "1847-10-07"
deathDate: "1931-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.84
  momentum:             0.9109311740890688
  historical:           6.372141333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.J._Whitley"
    title: "H.J. Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "هوبارت جونستون وايتلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Whitley"
    title: "H. J. Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.J._Whitley"
    title: "H.J. Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Johnstone_Whitley"
    title: "Hobart Johnstone Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Whitley"
    title: "H. J. Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Johnstone_Whitley"
    title: "Hobart Johnstone Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1772021"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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