# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-wilkes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:38:08.421Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-wilkes"
name: "Charles Wilkes"
slug: "charles-wilkes"
description: "Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the first United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842). \nDuring the American Civil War (1861-1865), he commanded USS San Jacinto during the Trent Affair incident in which he stopped a British Royal Mail ship and forcibly removed two Confederate diplomats, almost leading to war between the United States and United Kingdom."
tagline: "Naval officer and explorer from the United States (1798-1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles-Wilkes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1798-04-03"
deathDate: "1877-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump