# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-laurens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:21:53.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-laurens"
name: "Henry Laurens"
slug: "henry-laurens"
description: "Henry Laurens was an American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as its president. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and, as president, presided over its passage."
tagline: "American slave trader, planter, and congressman (1724-1792)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_laurens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1724-03-06"
deathDate: "1792-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.22
  momentum:             14.15027362438154
  historical:           12.79147866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "هنري لورنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هنری لاورنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens"
    title: "Henry Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens"
    title: "Henry Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens"
    title: "Henry Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "هنری لارنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "הנרי לורנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens"
    title: "Henry Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ヘンリー・ローレンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens"
    title: "Henry Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هنري لاورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Laurens_(politician_american)"
    title: "Henry Laurens (politician american)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Лоуренс, Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ہنری لورینس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606981"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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