# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-lyndsay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:55:28.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-lyndsay"
name: "David Lyndsay"
slug: "david-lyndsay"
description: "Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount was a Scottish knight, poet, and herald who gained the highest heraldic office of Lyon King of Arms. He remains a well regarded poet whose works reflect the spirit of the Renaissance, specifically as a makar."
tagline: "Scottish noble and poet (c. 1490 – c. 1555)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_David_Lyndsay.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1490"
deathDate: "1555"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.87
  momentum:             1.181102362204724
  historical:           11.820448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "ديفيد ليندساي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%89_(%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%89)"
    title: "ديڤيد ليندساى (قاضى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lindsay_(poeta)"
    title: "David Lindsay (poeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%8D%D1%82)"
    title: "Линдси, Дэвид (поэт)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyndsay"
    title: "David Lyndsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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