# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dingiswayo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:40.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dingiswayo"
name: "Dingiswayo"
slug: "dingiswayo"
description: "King Dingiswayo, born as Godongwana, was a king of the Mthethwa Kingdom, well known in history for his mentorship over a young Zulu general, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, who rose to become one of the most influential of the Zulu Kings. His father was the Mthethwa King, Jobe kaKayi."
tagline: "Zulu chief"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1760"
deathDate: "1818"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             2.931818181818182
  historical:           9.871244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE"
    title: "Дингисвайо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiswayo"
    title: "Dingiswayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE"
    title: "Дінгісвайо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%81%E5%90%89%E6%96%AF%E7%93%A6%E7%BA%A6"
    title: "丁吉斯瓦约"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4161906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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