# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/youssef-aftimus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:42.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/youssef-aftimus"
name: "Youssef Aftimus"
slug: "youssef-aftimus"
description: "Youssef Aftimus was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the twentieth century, he is the author of many of Beirut's well known landmarks such as the Beirut Municipality Building, the Grand Serail's Hamidiyyeh clock tower, the Hamidiyyeh Fountain and the Barakat Building. Aftimus was also an urban planner, and politician and philanthropist."
tagline: "Civil engineer, architect (1866-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Youssef.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1866-11-25"
deathDate: "1952-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             12
  historical:           5.669762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Aftimus"
    title: "Youssef Aftimus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "يوسف أفتيموس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "يوسف افتيموس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Aftimus"
    title: "Youssef Aftimus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Aftimus"
    title: "Youssef Aftimus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Aftimus"
    title: "Youssef Aftimus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8059063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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