# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-whitney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:28:15.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-whitney"
name: "Richard Whitney"
slug: "richard-whitney"
description: "Richard Whitney was an American financier and president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1930 to 1935. He was later convicted of embezzlement and imprisoned."
tagline: "American financier and convicted embezzler (1888–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Former_head_of_New_York_Stock_Exchange_before_Senate_Committee._Washington_D.C._Richard_Whitney%3B_former_President_of_the_New_York_Stock_Exchange%2C_was_the_first_witness_as_the_Senate_LCCN2016871192.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1888-08-01"
deathDate: "1974-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.188701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Уитни, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد ويتني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد ويتنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitney"
    title: "Richard Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitney_(financier)"
    title: "Richard Whitney (financier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitney_(mai_ba_da_ku%C9%97i)"
    title: "Richard Whitney (mai ba da kuɗi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%B9%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%B6%D5%AB"
    title: "Ռիչարդ Ուիթնի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399156"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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