# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-factor
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:43:28.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-factor"
name: "Max Factor"
slug: "max-factor"
description: "Max Factor Sr., born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-American businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. As a founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, he largely developed the modern cosmetics industry in the United States and popularized the term \"make-up\" in noun form based on the verb."
tagline: "American businessman (1872–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max_Factor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1872-09-15"
deathDate: "1938-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.491708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ماكس فاكتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماکس فاکتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Максімілян Фактаровіч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Max Factor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Max Factor Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maksymilian Faktorowicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Factor_vanem"
    title: "Max Factor vanem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Factor"
    title: "Max Factor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماکس فاکتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Max Factor, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מקס פקטור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մաքս Ֆակտոր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Max Factor (ondernemer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Max Factor Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Макс Фактор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Макс Фактор"
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    title: "馬克斯·法克托"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q868560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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