# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-bunker-hunt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:38:22.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-bunker-hunt"
name: "Nelson Bunker Hunt"
slug: "nelson-bunker-hunt"
description: "Nelson Bunker Hunt was an American oil company executive and member of the wealthy Hunt family. He was once a billionaire but ultimately lost his fortune after he and his brothers,William Herbert and Lamar, were caught attempting to corner the world market in silver by authorities. He was also a thoroughbred horse breeder and a major sponsor of the John Birch Society."
tagline: "American businessman (1926-2014)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Nelson_Bunker_Hunt.jpg"
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: "1926-02-22"
deathDate: "2014-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             1.505568805263853
  historical:           7.396884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 238
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    title: "نيلسون بانكر هنت"
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    title: "Nelson Bunker Hunt"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Bunker_Hunt"
    title: "Nelson Bunker Hunt"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Bunker_Hunt"
    title: "Nelson Bunker Hunt"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Bunker_Hunt"
    title: "Nelson Bunker Hunt"
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    title: "ネルソン・バンカー・ハント"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump