# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:44:57.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-benson"
name: "Tom Benson"
slug: "tom-benson"
description: "Thomas Milton Benson Jr. was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of several automobile dealerships before buying the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) in 1985 and the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2012."
tagline: "American football executive (1927-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Benson_2009.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1927-07-12"
deathDate: "2018-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.51
  momentum:             18.30634715025907
  historical:           6.481257333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Benson"
    title: "Tom Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "توم بنسون (رجل أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Benson"
    title: "Tom Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Benson"
    title: "Tom Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Benson"
    title: "Tom Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Benson"
    title: "Tom Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Benson"
    title: "Tom Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7814941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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