# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-leisler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:13.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-leisler"
name: "Jacob Leisler"
slug: "jacob-leisler"
description: "Jacob Leisler was a German-born politician and colonial administrator in the Province of New York. He gained wealth in New Amsterdam in the North American fur trade and tobacco business. In what became known as Leisler's Rebellion following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, he took control of the city, and ultimately the entire province, from appointees of deposed King James II, in the name of the Protestant accession of William III and Mary II."
tagline: "Leader of the Leisler Rebellion, de facto governor of New York (1640-1691)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Leisler_statue_(New_Rochelle%2C_New_York).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1640"
deathDate: "1691-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.43168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Лейслер, Джейкоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جاكوب ليسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Leisler"
    title: "Jakob Leisler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leisler"
    title: "Jacob Leisler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leisler"
    title: "Jacob Leisler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leisler"
    title: "Jacob Leisler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leisler"
    title: "Jacob Leisler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leisler"
    title: "Jacob Leisler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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