# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-lynch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:40:30.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-lynch"
name: "Charles Lynch"
slug: "charles-lynch"
description: "Charles Lynch was an American planter, politician, military officer and judge who headed a kangaroo court in Virginia to punish Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. The terms \"lynching\" and \"lynch law\" are believed to be derived from his surname."
tagline: "American politician (1736-1796)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Charles_Lynch%2C_June_12%2C_1833_to_Nov._20%2C_1833%2C_June_7%2C_1836_to_Jan._8%2C_1838_(14122989825).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1736"
deathDate: "1796-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.24
  momentum:             4
  historical:           12.77452266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "تشارلز لونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "تشارلز لونش (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(Jurist)"
    title: "Charles Lynch (Jurist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(judge)"
    title: "Charles Lynch (judge)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81_(%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%89%E5%88%A4%E4%BA%8B)"
    title: "チャールズ・リンチ (治安判事)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch"
    title: "Charles Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(gods%C3%A4gare)"
    title: "Charles Lynch (godsägare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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