# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ioannis-papafis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:50:43.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ioannis-papafis"
name: "Ioannis Papafis"
slug: "ioannis-papafis"
description: "Ioannis Papafis or Giovanni di Niccolò Pappaffy was a Greek businessman and philanthropist, prominent for helping in the funding of the Greek War of Independence and in financing crucial sectors of independent Greece after its successful conclusion. He is considered a national benefactor of Greece. He was among the primary shareholders of the National Bank of Greece, donated to the University of Athens, and the Greek Orthodox Church through the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople."
tagline: "Greek Macedonian merchant and entrepreneur (1792–1886)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ioannis_Papafis.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1792"
deathDate: "1886"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.54
  momentum:             2.608695652173913
  historical:           5.470086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Papafis"
    title: "Ioannis Papafis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Йоанис Папафис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Ιωάννης Παπάφης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Іоанніс Папафіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Papafis"
    title: "Ioannis Papafis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Папафис, Иоаннис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2599644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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