# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:47:11.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-forbes"
name: "Alexander Forbes"
slug: "alexander-forbes"
description: "Alexander Forbes (1778–1862) was a 19th-century Scottish merchant, explorer, and writer. His book California: A History of Upper and Lower California, published in 1839, is perhaps the first full account in English of California. He is the brother of distinguished Scottish physician Sir John Forbes."
tagline: "Scottish merchant, explorer, and author"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1778"
deathDate: "1862"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.92
  momentum:             17.4468085106383
  historical:           4.604212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes_(explorer)"
    title: "Alexander Forbes (explorer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "الكسندر فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "الكسندر فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ألكسندر فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes_(mai_bincike)"
    title: "Alexander Forbes (mai bincike)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes_(ka%C5%9Fif)"
    title: "Alexander Forbes (kaşif)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4718877"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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