# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-schiff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:41:23.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-schiff"
name: "Jacob Schiff"
slug: "jacob-schiff"
description: "Jacob Henry Schiff was a German-born American banker, businessman, and philanthropist. He helped finance the expansion of American railroads, and the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War."
tagline: "American banker, philanthropist (1847–1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JacobSchiff.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1847-01-10"
deathDate: "1920-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.93184266666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump