# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/israel-hands
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:58:32.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/israel-hands"
name: "Israel Hands"
slug: "israel-hands"
description: "Israel Hands, also known as Basilica Hands, was an 18th-century pirate best known for being second in command to Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. His name serves as the basis for the name of the villainous sidekick in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island."
tagline: "18th-century pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/One_More_Step%2C_Mr._Hands.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1701"
deathDate: "1718"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.86
  momentum:             5.127402771569066
  historical:           12.765472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ізраель Гендс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "القرصان هانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81"
    title: "Израел Хендс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A1"
    title: "ישראל אנדס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "イスラエル・ハンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Хэндс, Израэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hands"
    title: "Israel Hands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1979876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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