# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-jagger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:00:50.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-jagger"
name: "Joseph Jagger"
slug: "joseph-jagger"
description: "Joseph Hobson Jagger was an English textile industry businessman from Yorkshire, who in around 1881 is said to have \"broken the bank at Monte Carlo\" by identifying and exploiting biases in the wheels of the roulette tables there. He used his winnings to buy property in Bradford. In 2018 he was the subject of a biography by his great-great niece Anne Fletcher."
tagline: "British gambler (1830–1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Jagger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1830-09-02"
deathDate: "1892-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.27
  momentum:             4.285714285714285
  historical:           5.504466666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jagger"
    title: "Joseph Jagger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "چوزيف جاجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jagger"
    title: "Joseph Jagger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jagger"
    title: "Joseph Jagger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jagger"
    title: "Joseph Jagger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jagger"
    title: "Joseph Jagger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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