# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rasmus-bj-rn-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:43:33.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rasmus-bj-rn-anderson"
name: "Rasmus Bjørn Anderson"
slug: "rasmus-bj-rn-anderson"
description: "Rasmus Bjørn Anderson was an American author, professor, editor, businessman and diplomat. \nHe brought to popular attention the fact that Viking explorers were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World and was the originator of Leif Erikson Day."
tagline: "American diplomat, translator, and scholar (1846–1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rasmus_B._Anderson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1846-01-12"
deathDate: "1936-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.16
  momentum:             1.003717472118959
  historical:           7.010656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rasmus B. Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "راسموس بي. أندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "راسموس بى. اندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_B._Anderson"
    title: "Rasmus B. Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Ράσμους Άντερσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_B._Anderson"
    title: "Rasmus B. Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_B._Anderson"
    title: "Rasmus B. Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%91%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Андерсон, Расмус Бьерн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3436547"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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