# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-d-sturgis-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:40:09.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-d-sturgis-jr"
name: "Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr."
slug: "samuel-d-sturgis-jr"
description: "Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. was a senior officer of the United States Army who commanded the 87th and 80th divisions during World War I. He attained the rank of major general, and retired after 41 years of service. He was the father of US Army LtGen Samuel D. Sturgis III."
tagline: "United States Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_D._Sturgis_(US_Army_General%2C_1861-1933).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1861-08-01"
deathDate: "1933-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.25
  momentum:             2.307692307692307
  historical:           1.536717333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr."
    title: "Samuel D. Sturgis Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27927815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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