# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/etienne-brule
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:52:24.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/etienne-brule"
name: "Étienne Brûlé"
slug: "etienne-brule"
description: "Étienne Brûlé was the first European explorer to journey beyond the St. Lawrence River into what is now known as Canada. He spent much of his early adult life among the Wendat (Huron), and mastered their language and learned their culture. Brûlé became an interpreter and guide for Samuel de Champlain, who later sent Brûlé on a number of exploratory missions, among which he is thought to have preceded Champlain to the Great Lakes, reuniting with him upon Champlain's first arrival at Lake Huron. Among his many travels were explorations of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron, as well as the Humber and Ottawa Rivers. Champlain agreed to send Brûlé, at his own request, as an interpreter to live among the Onontchataron, an Algonquin people, in 1610. In 1629, during the Anglo-French War, he escaped after being captured by the Seneca tribe. A source claims that Brûlé was killed and eaten by the Wendat Bear tribe, who believed he had betrayed them to the Seneca."
tagline: "French explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%89tienne_Br%C3%BBl%C3%A9_-_The_Old_Mill_Inn%2C_Toronto.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1592"
deathDate: "1633"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.15807066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump