# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-hobson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:19.026Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-hobson"
name: "Thomas Hobson"
slug: "thomas-hobson"
description: "Thomas Hobson was an English carrier, best known as the origin of the expression Hobson's choice."
tagline: "English keeper of a livery stable"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasHobson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1544"
deathDate: "1631-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41
  momentum:             0.6071945919845485
  historical:           4.616236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "توماس هوبسون (خدمات البريد السريع من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobson"
    title: "Thomas Hobson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobson_(postal_carrier)"
    title: "Thomas Hobson (postal carrier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobson"
    title: "Thomas Hobson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobson"
    title: "Thomas Hobson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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