# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/washington-duke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:47.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/washington-duke"
name: "Washington Duke"
slug: "washington-duke"
description: "Washington Duke was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. During the American Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate States Navy. In 1865, Duke founded the W. Duke, Sons & Co., a tobacco manufacturer that would be merged with other companies to form conglomerate American Tobacco Company in 1890."
tagline: "Confederate Navy officer, businessman, philanthropist and tobacco industry executive (1820-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Washington_duke_portrait.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: "1820-12-18"
deathDate: "1905-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.633413333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%BA%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Дьюк, Вашингтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "واشنطن ديوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Duke"
    title: "Washington Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Duke"
    title: "Washington Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Duke"
    title: "Washington Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Duke"
    title: "Washington Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ワシントン・デューク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16031191"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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