# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-fitzgerald-beale
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:23:59.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-fitzgerald-beale"
name: "Edward Fitzgerald Beale"
slug: "edward-fitzgerald-beale"
description: "Edward Fitzgerald Beale was an American naval officer, frontiersman, rancher and diplomat. He fought in the Mexican–American War, emerging as a hero of the Battle of San Pasqual in 1846. He achieved national fame in 1848 in carrying to the east the first gold samples from California, contributing to the gold rush."
tagline: "American explorer, surveyor, ambassador (1822-1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EFBeale.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1822-02-04"
deathDate: "1893-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             0.1209677419354839
  historical:           4.842516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_F._Beale"
    title: "Edward F. Beale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "إدوارد فيتزجيرالد بيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ادوارد فيتزجيرالد بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88_%D9%81%D9%B9%D8%B2%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%88_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "ایڈورڈ فٹزجیرالڈ بیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzgerald_Beale"
    title: "Edward Fitzgerald Beale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzgerald_Beale"
    title: "Edward Fitzgerald Beale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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