# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leona-baumgartner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:55.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leona-baumgartner"
name: "Leona Baumgartner"
slug: "leona-baumgartner"
description: "Leona Baumgartner was an American physician. She was the first woman to serve as Commissioner of New York City's Department of Health (1954–1962). She was a strong advocate of health education and a pioneer in promoting health services among New York's immigrant and poverty-stricken population."
tagline: "American physician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leona_Baumgartner%2C_1959-60_nlm_nlmuid-101440672.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1902-08-18"
deathDate: "1991-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.39
  momentum:             18.80952380952381
  historical:           5.469798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Leona Baumgartner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونا باومغارتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "ليونا باومجارتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A3_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "ലിയോണ ബോംഗാർട്ട്നർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Baumgartner"
    title: "Leona Baumgartner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "لئونا باگگارتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6524988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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