# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-macomb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:43:20.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-macomb"
name: "Alexander Macomb"
slug: "alexander-macomb"
description: "Alexander Macomb was an American military officer who was the Commanding General of the United States Army from 1828 until his death in 1841. Macomb was the field commander at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812 and, after the stunning victory, was lauded with praise and styled \"The Hero of Plattsburgh\" by some of the American press. He was promoted to Major General for his conduct, receiving both the Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal."
tagline: "United States Army general (1782–1841)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlexanderMacomb.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1782-04-03"
deathDate: "1841-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.12
  momentum:             1.749369217830109
  historical:           7.916958666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Александер Макомб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "ألكسندر ماكومب"
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    title: "الكسندر ماكومب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Macomb"
    title: "Alexander Macomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Macomb_(general)"
    title: "Alexander Macomb (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Macomb"
    title: "Alexander Macomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Macomb_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral)"
    title: "Alexander Macomb (général)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%91"
    title: "אלכסנדר מקומב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Macomb_mlaj%C5%A1i"
    title: "Alexander Macomb mlajši"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328356"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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