# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-pearce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:42.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-pearce"
name: "Alexander Pearce"
slug: "alexander-pearce"
description: "Alexander Pearce was an Irish convict who was transported to the penal colony in Van Diemen's Land, Australia for seven years for theft. He escaped from prison several times, allegedly becoming a cannibal during two of the escapes. He was eventually captured and was hanged in Hobart for murder, before being dissected."
tagline: "Irish convict transported and imprisoned in Tasmania and escapee cannibal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WP_Alexander_Pearce.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1790"
deathDate: "1824-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.08
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.215454666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80"
    title: "Пирс, Александр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "الكسندر بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "الكسندر بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce"
    title: "Alexander Pearce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce"
    title: "Alexander Pearce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce"
    title: "Alexander Pearce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1"
    title: "אלכסנדר פירס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce"
    title: "Alexander Pearce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce"
    title: "Alexander Pearce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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