# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-gerson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:26:35.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-gerson"
name: "Sam Gerson"
slug: "sam-gerson"
description: "Samuel Norton Gerson was a Ukrainian-born American civil engineer, wrestler, and 1920 Olympic silver medalist, who helped found several Olympic and civic organizations. He immigrated to the United States when he was 11 years old. He was born in Tymky, Poltava Oblast, Russian Empire, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
tagline: "Olympic wrestler"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/GersonSamuelOlympian.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1895-11-30"
deathDate: "1972-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.05
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           10.67055466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%90%A8%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E6%A0%BC%E5%B0%94%E6%A3%AE"
    title: "萨姆·格尔森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سام جيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gerson"
    title: "Samuel Gerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gerson"
    title: "Sam Gerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gerson"
    title: "Sam Gerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سم گرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gerson"
    title: "Samuel Gerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "סמואל גרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gerson"
    title: "Samuel Gerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gerson"
    title: "Sam Gerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Герсон, Сэмюэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D2%90%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Сем Ґерсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7407507"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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