# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/moses-austin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:45:48.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/moses-austin"
name: "Moses Austin"
slug: "moses-austin"
description: "Moses Austin was an American businessman and pioneer who played a large part in the development of the lead industry in the early United States, especially in southwest Virginia and Missouri. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin, one of the earliest American settlers of Texas, which was at the time part of Mexico."
tagline: "American businessman (1761-1821)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moses_Austin-P83-012-0012_enhanced_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1761-10-04"
deathDate: "1821-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.714330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Austin"
    title: "Moses Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "موسى أوستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "موسى اوستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Austin"
    title: "Moses Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Austin"
    title: "Moses Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Austin"
    title: "Moses Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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