# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-willoughby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:06:43.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-willoughby"
name: "Hugh Willoughby"
slug: "hugh-willoughby"
description: "Sir Hugh Willoughby was an English soldier and an early Arctic voyager. He served in the court of Henry VIII and fought in the Scottish campaign where he was knighted for his valour. In 1553, he was selected by a company of London merchants to lead a fleet of three vessels in search of a Northeast Passage."
tagline: "English polar explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Hugh_Willoughby.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1554"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.9
  momentum:             14.29
  historical:           12.194472
  currentAttention:     3.2
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "休·威洛比"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヒュー・ウィロビー"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Willoughby"
    title: "Hugh Willoughby"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump