# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-w-hicks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:34:01.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-w-hicks"
name: "Albert W. Hicks"
slug: "albert-w-hicks"
description: "Albert W. Hicks, also known as Elias W. Hicks, William Johnson, John Hicks, and Pirate Hicks, was a triple murderer and one of the last people executed for piracy in the United States. Cultural historian Rich Cohen places him as the first New York City legendary gangster figure, a bridge between the piracy of old and the rise of a new \"gangster nation\"."
tagline: "American pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred_Hicks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1820"
deathDate: "1860-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.65
  momentum:             6
  historical:           4.830888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ألبرت دبليو. هيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "البرت دبليو. هيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_W._Hicks"
    title: "Albert W. Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_W._Hicks"
    title: "Albert W. Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_W._Hicks"
    title: "Albert W. Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4711407"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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