# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cristovao-da-gama
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:51:05.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cristovao-da-gama"
name: "Cristóvão da Gama"
slug: "cristovao-da-gama"
description: "Cristóvão da Gama, anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led an army of 400 musketeers on a crusade in Ethiopia (1541–1543) against the Muslim Adal army of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. He was the son of explorer Vasco da Gama."
tagline: "Portuguese soldier in Ethiopia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_Gama_-_Padr%C3%A3o_dos_Descobrimentos.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1516"
deathDate: "1542-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.84
  momentum:             6.320754716981133
  historical:           13.43780533333333
  currentAttention:     35.11530398322852
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%96%D1%88%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Кріштован да Гама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%AA%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B3%E1%89%AE_%E1%8B%B0%E1%8C%8B%E1%88%9B"
    title: "ክሪስታቮ ደጋማ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "كريستوفاو دا غاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B2for_de_Gama"
    title: "Cristòfor de Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristóvão da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristóvão da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_de_Gama"
    title: "Cristóbal de Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristobal_Gamakoa"
    title: "Kristobal Gamakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristov%C3%A3o_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristovão da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe_de_Gama"
    title: "Christophe de Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristóvão da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristoforo_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristoforo da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristov%C3%A3o_de_Gama"
    title: "Cristovão de Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristóvão da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Криштован да Гама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_Gama"
    title: "Cristóvão da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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