# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:40:47.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david"
name: "David"
slug: "david"
description: "The shepherd who slew Goliath and became Israel's second king — a bronze-age ruler whose historical existence is disputed but whose biblical story shaped three religions and launched a thousand sculptures."
tagline: "King of Israel and Judah"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_David%2C_the_King_of_Israel.jpg?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: "-1039"
deathDate: "-969"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           74.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           31.051716
  currentAttention:     17.89285714285715
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 48
tags:
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  - name: "Model"
    slug: "model"
  - name: "Poetry"
    slug: "poetry"
  - name: "Royalty"
    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ዳዊት"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%95%DC%98%DC%9D%DC%95"
    title: "ܕܘܝܕ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داوود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Davud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дауыт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Давід"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Давид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "দায়ূদ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "དཱ་བིད། (གསུང་རབ།)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kralj David"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dâi-bĭk Uòng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Давуд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%95%E1%8F%AB"
    title: "ᏕᏫ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "داوود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(biblick%C3%A1_postava)"
    title: "David (biblická postava)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_(brenin)"
    title: "Dafydd (brenin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  The Hebrew Bible casts David as a harpist devoted to Yahweh who wins fame by felling the Philistine giant Goliath. He becomes a favorite of King Saul, then a fugitive when Saul fears a rival. After Saul and his son Jonathan die in battle, the tribes anoint David king. He conquers Jerusalem, makes it his capital, and brings the Ark of the Covenant there. He commits adultery with Bathsheba and arranges her husband Uriah's death. His son Absalom tries to overthrow him but is killed; David returns to rule. He wants to build a temple but is refused because of his bloodshed. He dies at 70 and names Solomon — his son with Bathsheba — as successor. Jewish tradition honors him as ancestor of the coming Messiah; early Christians traced Jesus to his line; the Quran names him prophet and king.