# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luigi-palma-di-cesnola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:51:39.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luigi-palma-di-cesnola"
name: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
slug: "luigi-palma-di-cesnola"
description: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola, an Italian-American soldier, diplomat and amateur archaeologist, was born in Rivarolo Canavese, near Turin. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. He was United States consul at Larnaca in Cyprus (1865–1877) and first Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1879–1904)."
tagline: "Italian-American soldier, diplomat and amateur archaeologist; United States Army Medal of Honor recipient"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luigi_Palma_di_Cesnola_MET_188453.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1832-07-29"
deathDate: "1904-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.45
  momentum:             3.03370786516854
  historical:           8.960009333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "لويجى پالما دى سيسنولا"
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    title: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
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    title: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
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    title: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
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    title: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Palma_di_Cesnola"
    title: "Luigi Palma di Cesnola"
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    title: "Пальма ди Чеснола, Луиджи"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump