# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-dikeman-chapin-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:16:38.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-dikeman-chapin-sr"
name: "Roy Dikeman Chapin Sr."
slug: "roy-dikeman-chapin-sr"
description: "Roy Dikeman Chapin Sr. was an American industrialist and a co-founder of Hudson Motor Company, the predecessor of American Motors Corporation. He also served as the United States secretary of commerce from August 8, 1932, to March 3, 1933, during the final months of the administration of President Herbert Hoover."
tagline: "American businessman (1880–1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_D._Chapin_hec.19010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1880-02-23"
deathDate: "1936-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6122448979591836
  historical:           8.282110666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Roy D. Chapin"
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    title: "Roy D. Chapin"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_D._Chapin"
    title: "Roy D. Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roy D. Chapin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump