# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lazarus-straus
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:53:47.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lazarus-straus"
name: "Lazarus Straus"
slug: "lazarus-straus"
description: "Lazarus Straus was a German-American trader and entrepreneur. He founded L. Straus & Sons and, after the death of Rowland Hussey Macy, became the owner of Macy's department store."
tagline: "German-American entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lazarus_Straus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1809-04-25"
deathDate: "1898"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.148062666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Straus"
    title: "Lazarus Straus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Straus"
    title: "Lazarus Straus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "לזרוס שטראוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55848064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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