# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isaac-a-van-amburgh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:28.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isaac-a-van-amburgh"
name: "Isaac A. Van Amburgh"
slug: "isaac-a-van-amburgh"
description: "Isaac A. Van Amburgh (1811–1865) was an American animal trainer who developed the first trained wild animal act in modern times. By introducing jungle acts into the circus, Van Amburgh paved the way for combining menageries with circuses. After that, menageries began using equestrian and clown performances in circus rings. Gradually the distinction between circus and menagerie faded."
tagline: "US circus artists and animal trainer (1808–1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isaac_Van_Amburgh_(Nancy).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1808-05-28"
deathDate: "1865-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.21062
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Isaac A. Van Amburgh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسحاق ا.فان امبورج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_van_Amburgh"
    title: "Isaac van Amburgh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_A._Van_Amburgh"
    title: "Isaac A. Van Amburgh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Van_Amburgh"
    title: "Isaac Van Amburgh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Van_Amburgh"
    title: "Isaac Van Amburgh"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Ван Амбург, Исаак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_van_Amburgh"
    title: "Isaac van Amburgh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1505315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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