# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-molson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:13:36.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-molson"
name: "John Molson"
slug: "john-molson"
description: "John Molson was an English-born brewer and entrepreneur in colonial Quebec, which during his lifetime became Lower Canada. In addition to founding Molson Brewery, he is known for building the first Canadian steamship and the first public Canadian railway. He was a president of the Bank of Montreal, and established a hospital, a hotel, and a theatre in Montreal. Molson was also the \"leader\" of the freemason's lodge of Montreal from 1826 to 1833. His business dynasty, much of which he passed along to and was expanded by his family, continues to remain influential in Canada."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1763-1836)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Molson_Sr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1763-12-28"
deathDate: "1836-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.88298
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Molson"
    title: "John Molson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Molson"
    title: "John Molson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Molson_(1763-1836)"
    title: "John Molson (1763-1836)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Molson"
    title: "John Molson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "جان مولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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