# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-swan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:29:16.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-swan"
name: "Charles Swan"
slug: "charles-swan"
description: "Charles Swan was a reluctant buccaneer. Captain Swan was forced into piracy by his crew in the 1680s, and proceeded to write letters to the owners of his ship Cygnet in London, begging them to intercede with James II of England for his pardon—even as he looted his way up and down the coastal areas of South America."
tagline: "British pirate"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Grote_optocht_ter_gelegenheid_van_de_aankomst_van_kapitein_Charles_Swan_op_Mindanao%2C_RP-P-1896-A-19368-1313.jpg/330px-Grote_optocht_ter_gelegenheid_van_de_aankomst_van_kapitein_Charles_Swan_op_Mindanao%2C_RP-P-1896-A-19368-1313.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1650"
deathDate: "1690"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             2.388226039071719
  historical:           5.01026
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swan_(pirate)"
    title: "Charles Swan (pirate)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swan"
    title: "Charles Swan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swan"
    title: "Charles Swan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swan_(pirata)"
    title: "Charles Swan (pirata)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7"
    title: "Суон, Чарльз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4446187"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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