# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francisco-balagtas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:51.525Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francisco-balagtas"
name: "Francisco Balagtas"
slug: "francisco-balagtas"
description: "Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz, commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic Florante at Laura is regarded as his defining work."
tagline: "Filipino writer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Francisco_Balagtas_Monument%2C_Pandacan%2C_Manila%2C_June_2023_%282%29.jpg/330px-Francisco_Balagtas_Monument%2C_Pandacan%2C_Manila%2C_June_2023_%282%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1788-04-02"
deathDate: "1862-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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