# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giacomo-beltrami
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:27:58.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giacomo-beltrami"
name: "Giacomo Beltrami"
slug: "giacomo-beltrami"
description: "Giacomo Costantino Beltrami was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States. In Minnesota, Beltrami and Beltrami County are named for him. He had an extensive network of notable figures for friends and acquaintances, including members of the powerful Medici family."
tagline: "Italian jurist, author, and explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GCBeltrami.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1779"
deathDate: "1855-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.948381333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Beltrami_(Forschungsreisender)"
    title: "Giacomo Beltrami (Forschungsreisender)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Beltrami"
    title: "Giacomo Beltrami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Costantino_Beltrami"
    title: "Giacomo Costantino Beltrami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Beltrami"
    title: "Iacobus Beltrami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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