# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-zemurray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:53.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-zemurray"
name: "Sam Zemurray"
slug: "sam-zemurray"
description: "Samuel Zemurray, nicknamed \"Sam the Banana Man\", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company and later became president of the United Fruit Company, the world's most influential fruit company at the time. Both companies were powerful and had influential roles in the politics of Central American countries."
tagline: "American businessman (1877–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Zemurray%2C_1934.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1878-01-03"
deathDate: "1961-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             2.524390243902439
  historical:           6.678701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8E%D1%80%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Земюррэй, Сэмюэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سام زيموراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zemurray"
    title: "Sam Zemurray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zemurray"
    title: "Sam Zemurray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Zemurray"
    title: "Samuel Zemurray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9D_%D7%96%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99"
    title: "סם זמוריי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zemurray"
    title: "Sam Zemurray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433378"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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