# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-barron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:25:22.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-barron"
name: "James Barron"
slug: "james-barron"
description: "Commodore James Barron was a United States Navy officer. He served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during which he commanded a number of famous ships, including USS Essex and USS President. As commander of the frigate USS Chesapeake, in 1807 he was involved in the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, which led to the surrender of his ship to the British and resulted in his court-martial for his actions during the incident. After criticism from some fellow officers, the resulting controversy led Barron to a pistol duel with one of the officers who had presided over his court-martial, Stephen Decatur, resulting in Decatur's death. Suspended from command for failure to prepare the Chesapeake for battle, he pursued commercial interests in Europe during the War of 1812. Barron finished his naval career on shore duty, becoming the Navy's senior officer in 1839."
tagline: "American naval officer (1768-1851)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Commodore_James_Barron_(1768-1851)_2022_NYR_19907_0347.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1768-09-15"
deathDate: "1851-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.438664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Баррон, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيمس بارون (عسكري)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس بارون (عسكرى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barron"
    title: "James Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barron_(US_Navy)"
    title: "James Barron (US Navy)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barron"
    title: "James Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barron"
    title: "James Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barron"
    title: "James Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2605005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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