# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-somers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:16.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-somers"
name: "George Somers"
slug: "george-somers"
description: "Sir George Somers was an English privateer and naval hero, knighted for his achievements and the Admiral of the Virginia Company of London. He achieved renown as part of an expedition led by Sir Amyas Preston that plundered Caracas and Santa Ana de Coro in 1595, during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War. He is remembered today as the founder of the English colony of Bermuda, also known as the Somers Isles."
tagline: "16th/17th-century English admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Admiral_Sir_George_Somers_(CX_Harris_1930).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1554"
deathDate: "1610"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.892658666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Somers"
    title: "George Somers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Somers"
    title: "George Somers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Somers"
    title: "George Somers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Somers"
    title: "George Somers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Somers"
    title: "George Somers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Сомерс, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3760644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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