# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oswald-ottendorfer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:11.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oswald-ottendorfer"
name: "Oswald Ottendorfer"
slug: "oswald-ottendorfer"
description: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer was an American journalist associated with the development of the German-language New Yorker Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper. He served a term as a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen and as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. He also served three times as an elector of the United States Electoral College. In addition to his political and journalistic pursuits, Ottendorfer was a notable philanthropist in both Europe and the United States. Today, he is best remembered as the donor whose contribution founded the Ottendorfer Public Library in Manhattan, which bears his name."
tagline: "Moravian-American journalist (1826-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ottendorfer1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1826-02-12"
deathDate: "1900-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.470806666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اوسوالڈ اوٹینڈورفر"
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    title: "اوسوالد اوتيندورفير"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Oswald_Ottendorfer"
    title: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Ottendorfer"
    title: "Oswald Ottendorfer"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Oswald_Ottendorfer"
    title: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer"
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    title: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer"
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    title: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer"
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    title: "Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2119617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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