# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-francis-queeny
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:08:54.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-francis-queeny"
name: "John Francis Queeny"
slug: "john-francis-queeny"
description: "John Francis Queeny was an American businessman, known for founding Monsanto Chemical Works in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1901, with $5,000. He named the company for his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto."
tagline: "Founder of Monsanto Company (1859-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Francis_Queeny.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1859-08-17"
deathDate: "1933-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.725562666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Queeny"
    title: "John Francis Queeny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "جون فرانسيس كوينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Queeny"
    title: "John Francis Queeny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Куини, Джон Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "جان فرانسیس کوئینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Queeny"
    title: "John Francis Queeny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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