# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-lightfoot-lee
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:38:00.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-lightfoot-lee"
name: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
slug: "francis-lightfoot-lee"
description: "Francis Lightfoot Lee was a Founding Father of the United States and a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As an active protester regarding issues such as the Stamp Act of 1765, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of Virginia. In addition to his career in politics, Lee owned a tobacco plantation as well as many slaves. He was a member of the Lee family, a prominent Virginian dynasty."
tagline: "American politician (1734-1797)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1734-10-14"
deathDate: "1797-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.02
  momentum:             9.553584228167303
  historical:           9.71484
  currentAttention:     36.64799253034546
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ли, Фрэнсис Лайтфут"
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    title: "فرانسيس لايتفوت لي"
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    title: "فرانسیس لیقتفوت لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "フランシス・ライトフット・リー"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Franciscus Lightfoot Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee"
    title: "Francis Lightfoot Lee"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709825"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump