# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zerah-colburn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:28:27.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zerah-colburn"
name: "Zerah Colburn"
slug: "zerah-colburn"
description: "Zerah Colburn was an American child prodigy of the 19th century who gained fame as a mental calculator."
tagline: "American mental calculator (1804–1840)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zerah_Colburn%2C_a_mental_calculator%2C_as_a_child._Engraving%2C_1_Wellcome_V0007040.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1804-09-01"
deathDate: "1840-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.94
  momentum:             4.275862068965517
  historical:           8.089022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn"
    title: "Zerah Colburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8_(%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80)"
    title: "জেরাহ কলবার্ন (মানসিক গণনাকারী)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn_(Rechenk%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "Zerah Colburn (Rechenkünstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn_(mental_calculator)"
    title: "Zerah Colburn (mental calculator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn_(calculista_mental)"
    title: "Zerah Colburn (calculista mental)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9F"
    title: "זרח קולבורן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn_(calcolatore_mentale)"
    title: "Zerah Colburn (calcolatore mentale)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn"
    title: "Zerah Colburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Колберн, Зера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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