# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sutter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:14:54.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sutter"
name: "John Sutter"
slug: "john-sutter"
description: "John Augustus Sutter, born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. His employee James W. Marshall discovered gold, leading to the founding of the mill-making team at Sutter's Mill. Sutter, however, saw his own business ventures fail during the California gold rush, though those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., were more successful."
tagline: "Pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush (1803–1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_A._Sutter_Oval_Crop_Edit_Desat.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1803-02-15"
deathDate: "1880-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.24
  momentum:             1.222869242985707
  historical:           20.44754133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  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