# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blaise-francois-pagan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:49:26.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blaise-francois-pagan"
name: "Blaise François Pagan"
slug: "blaise-francois-pagan"
description: "Blaise François Pagan (1603–1665) was a French soldier and military engineer who served in the army of Louis XIII. His military career ended in 1642 when he lost his sight and in 1645, he published Les Fortifications; this became the dominant text of its era on military fortifications and significantly influenced Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban."
tagline: "French architect"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pagan%2C_Blaise_Fran%C3%A7ois.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1604-03-03"
deathDate: "1665-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.204284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Fran%C3%A7ois_Pagan"
    title: "Blaise François Pagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بلايس فرانسوا پاجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Fran%C3%A7ois_Pagan"
    title: "Blaise François Pagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Francois_Pagan"
    title: "Blaise Francois Pagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Fran%C3%A7ois_Pagan"
    title: "Blaise François Pagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Fran%C3%A7ois_Pagan"
    title: "Blaise François Pagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Fran%C3%A7ois_Pagan"
    title: "Blaise François Pagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Паган, Блез Франсуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2905786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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