# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-ellen-pleasant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:50.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-ellen-pleasant"
name: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
slug: "mary-ellen-pleasant"
description: "Mary Ellen Pleasant was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by decades."
tagline: "African-American entrepreneur (1814-1904)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant%2C_1901.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1814-08-19"
deathDate: "1904-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.45
  momentum:             9.269293226414536
  historical:           10.67064266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 234
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ماري إلين بليزانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "مارى الين بليزانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98"
    title: "מרי אלן פלזנט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant"
    title: "Mary Ellen Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15499500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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