# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emile-gentil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:25:32.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emile-gentil"
name: "Émile Gentil"
slug: "emile-gentil"
description: "Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and military leader. He headed two military missions to conquer and consolidate territories north from modern Gabon to Chad. In 1902 Gentil was named commissioner-general of the French Congo residing at Brazzaville. Gabon's second-largest city Port-Gentil was named for him."
tagline: "French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader (1866-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emile_gentil.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1866-04-04"
deathDate: "1914-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             3.695007414730598
  historical:           8.090966666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Эміль Жантыль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil"
    title: "Émile Gentil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Жантиль, Эмиль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285940"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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