# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvar-nunez-cabeza-de-vaca
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:22:25.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvar-nunez-cabeza-de-vaca"
name: "Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca"
slug: "alvar-nunez-cabeza-de-vaca"
description: "Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is today the Southwestern United States, he became a trader, evangelist, and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536."
tagline: "Spanish explorer of the New World"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cabeza_de_Vaca_Portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
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  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1485"
deathDate: "1559"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8727440389935449
  historical:           21.12758533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump