# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deborah-sampson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:26:55.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deborah-sampson"
name: "Deborah Sampson"
slug: "deborah-sampson"
description: "Deborah Sampson Gannett, also known as Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson, was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Plympton, Massachusetts, she served under the name Robert Shirtliff – sometimes spelled Shurtleff or Shirtleff. She was in uniform for 17 months before her sex was discovered in 1783 when she required medical treatment after contracting a fever in Philadelphia."
tagline: "Continental Army soldier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeborahSampson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1760-12-17"
deathDate: "1827-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.18648533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump