# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leland-stanford-jr
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:09:33.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leland-stanford-jr"
name: "Leland Stanford, Jr."
slug: "leland-stanford-jr"
description: "Leland Stanford Jr. was the only child of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane. Following his death from typhoid at age 15, Stanford became the namesake of Stanford University, which is officially called Leland Stanford Junior University."
tagline: "Namesake of Stanford University"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Leland_Stanford_Jr._by_Astley_D._M._Cooper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1868-05-14"
deathDate: "1884-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.905485333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "小利兰·斯坦福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford_junior"
    title: "Leland Stanford junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford_Jr."
    title: "Leland Stanford Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford_Jr."
    title: "Leland Stanford Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2"
    title: "リーランド・スタンフォード・ジュニア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford_(1868%E2%80%931884)"
    title: "Leland Stanford (1868–1884)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Стэнфорд Лиланд (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6520800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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