# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-hammerstein-i
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:35:08.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-hammerstein-i"
name: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
slug: "oscar-hammerstein-i"
description: "Oscar Hammerstein I was a German-born businessman, theater impresario, and composer in New York City. His passion for opera led him to open several opera houses, and he rekindled opera's popularity in America. He was the grandfather of American playwright/lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II and the father of theater manager William Hammerstein and American producer Arthur Hammerstein."
tagline: "German-American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_Hammerstein_001.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1848-05-08"
deathDate: "1919-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             0.6478167501789549
  historical:           9.507100000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1945599/"
    handle:    "nm1945599"
sources:
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    title: "اوسكار هامرشتاين آى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_I"
    title: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_I"
    title: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
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  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_I"
    title: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein"
    title: "Oscar Hammerstein"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_I"
    title: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_I"
    title: "Oscar Hammerstein I"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump