# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josiah-franklin
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:25:00.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josiah-franklin"
name: "Josiah Franklin"
slug: "josiah-franklin"
description: "Josiah Franklin Sr. was an English-born American businessman and the father of Benjamin Franklin. Born in the village of Ecton in Northamptonshire, England, he emigrated to Massachusetts Bay in British America. He was the ninth child of blacksmith Thomas Franklin (1598–1682), and his first wife, Jane White (1617–1662)."
tagline: "British businessman (1657-1745)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Franklin_-_DPLA_-_20768af718200e66aec677a221cc5c27.jpg/330px-Franklin_-_DPLA_-_20768af718200e66aec677a221cc5c27.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1657-12-23"
deathDate: "1745-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.268513333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Franklin"
    title: "Josiah Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4_%ED%94%84%EB%9E%AD%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%B0"
    title: "조사이어 프랭클린"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Franklin"
    title: "Josiah Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F"
    title: "Франклин, Джозайя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2112630"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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