# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-batterson-stetson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:45.080Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-batterson-stetson"
name: "John Batterson Stetson"
slug: "john-batterson-stetson"
description: "John Batterson Stetson was an American hat maker who invented the cowboy hat in the 1860s. He founded the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1865, and it became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the world. The company's hats are now commonly referred to simply as Stetsons."
tagline: "American hat maker (1830–1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StetsonPortrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1830-05-05"
deathDate: "1906-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.01
  momentum:             3.64963503649635
  historical:           4.928016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون باتيرسون ستيتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Batterson_Stetson"
    title: "John Batterson Stetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Stetson"
    title: "John B. Stetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Stetson"
    title: "John B. Stetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Стетсон, Джон Бэттерсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682678"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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