# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hernando-de-soto
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:03:30.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hernando-de-soto"
name: "Hernando de Soto"
slug: "hernando-de-soto"
description: "Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River."
tagline: "Spanish explorer and conquistador"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/De_Soto_by_Telfer_%26_Sartain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
category:
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  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1542-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             5.435064935064935
  historical:           21.85457733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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