# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hercules
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:38:34.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hercules"
name: "Hercules"
slug: "hercules"
description: "Hercules Posey was an enslaved African American held at George Washington's plantation Mount Vernon in Virginia. \"Uncle Harkless,\" as he was called by a grandson of Martha Washington, served as chief cook at the Mansion House for many years. In November 1790, Hercules was one of eight enslaved Africans brought by President Washington to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then the temporary national capital, to serve in the household of the President's House, as the third presidential mansion was known."
tagline: "Enslaved African cook held at Mount Vernon"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilbert_Stuart_-_Portrait_of_George_Washington's_CookFXD.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1748"
deathDate: "1812-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             2.318702290076336
  historical:           4.846476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "هيركيولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "هيركيولز (طباخ من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(Chefkoch)"
    title: "Hercules (Chefkoch)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Posey"
    title: "Hercules Posey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(cuisinier)"
    title: "Hercules (cuisinier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1498891"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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