# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-burrus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:30:57.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-burrus"
name: "Maurice Burrus"
slug: "maurice-burrus"
description: "Maurice Jean Marie Burrus was an Alsatian tobacco magnate, politician and philatelist. Originally from Alsace but residing in Switzerland, he was a deputy in the French parliament during the 1930s. His stamp collection was considered one of the greatest ever assembled and included some of the world's rarest stamps."
tagline: "Alsatian tobacco magnate, politician and philatelist (1882–1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice_Buurus_Vaison.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1882-03-08"
deathDate: "1959-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.676530666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Burrus"
    title: "Maurice Burrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ماوريس بوروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Burrus"
    title: "Maurice Burrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Burrus"
    title: "Maurice Burrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Burrus"
    title: "Maurice Burrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Burrus"
    title: "Maurice Burrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551771"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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