# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-church
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:03:38.288Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-church"
name: "Benjamin Church"
slug: "benjamin-church"
description: "Colonel Benjamin Church was a military officer and politician from the New England Colonies who is best known for his role in innovative military tactics notably developing unconventional warfare. He is also known for commanding the first ranger units in North America. Born in the Plymouth Colony, Church was commissioned by Governor Josiah Winslow to establish a company of Rangers called after the outbreak of King Philip's War. Church participated in numerous conflicts which involved the New England Colonies. The force of New Englanders he led tracked down and killed Wampanoag sachem Metacomet, a major factor in ending the conflict."
tagline: "American carpenter, military officer, and Ranger during America's Colonial era"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colonel_Benjamin_Church.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1639"
deathDate: "1718-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.1
  momentum:             0.7297687861271677
  historical:           10.37358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8F%AD%E5%82%91%E6%98%8E%C2%B7%E4%B8%98%E5%A5%87"
    title: "班傑明·丘奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "بنجامين تشرتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "بنجامين تشرتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(ranger)"
    title: "Benjamin Church (ranger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(militaire)"
    title: "Benjamin Church (militaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(militare)"
    title: "Benjamin Church (militare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81"
    title: "ベンジャミン・チャーチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beniaminus_Church_(praefectus_militaris)"
    title: "Beniaminus Church (praefectus militaris)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bend%C5%BEamins_%C4%8C%C4%93r%C4%8Ds"
    title: "Bendžamins Čērčs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(oberst)"
    title: "Benjamin Church (oberst)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Church"
    title: "Benjamin Church"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%91%D1%80%D1%87%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Чёрч, Бенджамин (рейнджер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896036"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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