# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lincoln-kirstein
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:18:04.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lincoln-kirstein"
name: "Lincoln Kirstein"
slug: "lincoln-kirstein"
description: "Lincoln Edward Kirstein was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet. He developed and sustained the company with his organizing ability and fundraising for more than four decades, serving as the company's general director from 1946 to 1989. According to the New York Times, he was \"an expert in many fields\", organizing art exhibits and lecture tours in the same years."
tagline: "American writer (1907–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lincoln_Kirstein_(1948).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1907-05-04"
deathDate: "1996-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.93356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457016/"
    handle:    "nm0457016"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لينكولن كيرستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein"
    title: "Lincoln Kirstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein"
    title: "Lincoln Kirstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein"
    title: "Lincoln Kirstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "לינקולן קרסטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լինքոլն Քիրստեյն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein"
    title: "Lincoln Kirstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "リンカーン・カースティン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD"
    title: "Кирстейн, Линкольн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein"
    title: "Lincoln Kirstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein"
    title: "Lincoln Kirstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E8%82%AF%C2%B7%E6%9F%AF%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6"
    title: "林肯·柯尔斯坦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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