# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-cooper
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:45:42.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-cooper"
name: "Peter Cooper"
slug: "peter-cooper"
description: "Peter Cooper was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician. He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, served as its first president, and stood for election as the Greenback Party's candidate in the 1876 presidential election."
tagline: "American politician and businessman (1791-1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Cooper_Photograph.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: "1791-02-12"
deathDate: "1883-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.23791333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Пітер Купер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيتر كوبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيتر كوبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پتر کوپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ピーター・クーパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "პიტერ კუპერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%ED%84%B0_%EC%BF%A0%ED%8D%BC"
    title: "피터 쿠퍼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Купер, Питер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Cooper"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper"
    title: "Peter Cooper"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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