# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/faustin-e-wirkus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:48:10.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/faustin-e-wirkus"
name: "Faustin E. Wirkus"
slug: "faustin-e-wirkus"
description: "Faustin Edmond Wirkus was a Polish-American United States Marine stationed in Haiti during the United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934). He was reputedly crowned Faustin II, King of La Gonâve, a Haitian island west of Hispaniola, by Queen Ti Memenne of La Gonâve on 18 July 1926, and co-ruled as monarch for three years until he was transferred by the United States Marine Corps to the United States mainland in 1929."
tagline: "Monarch of Haiti"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Faustin_Wirkus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1897-11-16"
deathDate: "1948"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.96
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.66606
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "福斯廷·埃德蒙德·維爾庫斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "فاوستين اى. ويركوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust%C3%AD_II"
    title: "Faustí II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin_E._Wirkus"
    title: "Faustin E. Wirkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustino_II"
    title: "Faustino II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin_Wirkus"
    title: "Faustin Wirkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin_Wirkus"
    title: "Faustin Wirkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBE%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "フォースタン・E・ウィルクス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin_Wirkus"
    title: "Faustin Wirkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin_Wirkus"
    title: "Faustin Wirkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Виркус, Фостин"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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