# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-osborn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:18:13.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-osborn"
name: "William H. Osborn"
slug: "william-h-osborn"
description: "William Henry Osborn was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was a railroad tycoon who, as head of the Illinois Central Railroad and later the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad, became one of the most prominent railroad leaders in the United States. A friend and patron of the painter Frederic Edwin Church, he was an avid art collector. His two sons went on to become presidents of prominent museums in New York City."
tagline: "USA railroad tycoon and art collector (1821-1894)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1821"
deathDate: "1894-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.25
  momentum:             1.75
  historical:           1.540101333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  29
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Osborn"
    title: "William H. Osborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010537"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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