# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chief-powhatan
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:27:29.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chief-powhatan"
name: "Chief Powhatan"
slug: "chief-powhatan"
description: "Powhatan, whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh, was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607."
tagline: "Paramount chief of Tsenacommacah (1549-1618)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Powhatan_john_smith_map.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1549"
deathDate: "1618"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.85672133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E7%93%A6%E5%9D%A6_(%E9%85%8B%E9%95%B7)"
    title: "波瓦坦 (酋長)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%80)"
    title: "Паўхатан (правадыр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahunsonacock"
    title: "Wahunsonacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_(Native_American_leader)"
    title: "Powhatan (Native American leader)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88efo_Pa%C5%ADhatano"
    title: "Ĉefo Paŭhatano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefe_Powhatan"
    title: "Jefe Powhatan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پوهاتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahunsunacock"
    title: "Wahunsunacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_(chef_am%C3%A9rindien)"
    title: "Powhatan (chef amérindien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xefe_Powhatan"
    title: "Xefe Powhatan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahunsunacock"
    title: "Wahunsunacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capo_Powhatan"
    title: "Capo Powhatan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8F%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E9%85%8B%E9%95%B7"
    title: "ポウハタン酋長"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powatan"
    title: "Powatan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chefe_Powhatan"
    title: "Chefe Powhatan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%8C)"
    title: "Поухатан (вождь)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poglavica_Powhatan"
    title: "Poglavica Powhatan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_(Native_American_leader)"
    title: "Powhatan (Native American leader)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahunsenacawh"
    title: "Wahunsenacawh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578878"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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