# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-loyd
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:41:21.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-loyd"
name: "Sam Loyd"
slug: "sam-loyd"
description: "Samuel Loyd was an American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician. Loyd was born in Philadelphia but raised in New York City."
tagline: "American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841–1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Loyd%2C_Sam_-_DPLA_-_66711e1d8fb86a674b6a34e6031d7254.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1841-01-30"
deathDate: "1911-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.samloyd.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump