# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:13:13.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-benson"
name: "Simon Benson"
slug: "simon-benson"
description: "Simon Benson was a Norwegian-born American businessman and philanthropist who was active in the city of Portland, Oregon."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Benson.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: "1851"
deathDate: "1942-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.96
  momentum:             4.397163120567376
  historical:           4.621924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سيمون بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سيمون بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Benson"
    title: "Simon Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Benson"
    title: "Simon Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Benson"
    title: "Simon Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15996212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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