# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cornelius-van-horne
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:19:49.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cornelius-van-horne"
name: "William Cornelius Van Horne"
slug: "william-cornelius-van-horne"
description: "Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, was an American businessman, industrialist and railroad magnate who spent most of his career in Canada. He is famous for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway, a project that was completed in 1885, in under half the projected time. He succeeded Lord Mount Stephen as president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1888. Van Horne was responsible for launching the sea transport division of the CPR, which inaugurated regular service between Vancouver and Hong Kong in 1891. He also presided over the expansion of the CPR into the luxury hotel business in the 1890s. Van Horne was also a prominent member of the syndicate that created the Cuba Railroad Company in 1900. He lived at the Van Horne Mansion in Montreal's Golden Square Mile."
tagline: "American-Canadian businessman and art collector (1843–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Cornelius_Van_Horne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1843-02-03"
deathDate: "1915-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           8.790789333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump