# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-fugger-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:59:49.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jakob-fugger-the-elder"
name: "Jakob Fugger the Elder"
slug: "jakob-fugger-the-elder"
description: "Jakob Fugger was a German master weaver, town councillor and merchant, as well as the founder of the Fugger dynasty. He was later known as Jakob Fugger the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jakob Fugger, who took over his father's company and oversaw its rise to be the largest and richest trading house in Europe."
tagline: "German merchant (1398-1469)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jakob_Fugger_d.%C3%84..JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1398"
deathDate: "1469-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             9.656413887455447
  historical:           8.767677333333333
  currentAttention:     43.68932038834951
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%A4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Якоб Фуггер Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "جاكوب فجر الاكبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%A4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Якоб Фугер Стари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Fugger_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Jakob Fugger der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80_%CE%A6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Γιάκομπ Φούγκερ ο Πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Fugger_the_Elder"
    title: "Jakob Fugger the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_F%C3%BAcar_el_Viejo"
    title: "Jacobo Fúcar el Viejo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A8_%22%D7%94%D7%96%D7%A7%D7%9F%22"
    title: "יאקוב פוגר \"הזקן\""
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Fugger_il_Vecchio"
    title: "Jacob Fugger il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Фуггер, Якоб Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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