# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-vonnegut-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-03T14:29:20.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-vonnegut-sr"
name: "Kurt Vonnegut, Sr."
slug: "kurt-vonnegut-sr"
description: "Kurt Vonnegut Sr. was an American architect and architectural lecturer active in early- to mid-20th-century Indianapolis, Indiana. A member of the American Institute of Architects, he was partner in the firms of Vonnegut & Bohn, Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller, and Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager. He designed several churches, banks, and became the in-house architect for Indiana Bell and Hooks Drug stores, practicing extensively in the Art Deco style. He was the father of chemist Bernard Vonnegut and author Kurt Vonnegut Jr."
tagline: "American architect"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/The_Childrens_Museum_of_Indianapolis_-_Seahorse_money_box.jpg/330px-The_Childrens_Museum_of_Indianapolis_-_Seahorse_money_box.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1884-11-24"
deathDate: "1957-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.9
  momentum:             3.620899854862119
  historical:           2.225848
  currentAttention:     17.77777777777779
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "كورت ڤونيجوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut_Sr."
    title: "Kurt Vonnegut Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6447106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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