# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kissam-vanderbilt-i
# Generated: 2026-09-01T08:48:01.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kissam-vanderbilt-i"
name: "William Kissam Vanderbilt I"
slug: "william-kissam-vanderbilt-i"
description: "William Kissam Vanderbilt I was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist, and horse breeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad investments."
tagline: "American railroad manager and horse breeder (1849–1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W.K._Vanderbilt_LCCN2014685935_(2)_(cropped).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: "1849-12-12"
deathDate: "1920-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.935273333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Kissam Vanderbilt"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kissam_Vanderbilt"
    title: "William Kissam Vanderbilt"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kissam_Vanderbilt"
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    title: "ויליאם קיסאם ואנדרבילט"
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    title: "William Kissam Vanderbilt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリアム・キッサム・ヴァンダービルト"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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