# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-alfonse
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:44:55.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-alfonse"
name: "Jean Alfonse"
slug: "jean-alfonse"
description: "Jean Fonteneau, dit Alfonse de Saintonge or João Afonso in Portuguese was a Portuguese navigator, explorer and corsair, prominent in the European Age of Discovery. He had an early career in Portugal and later served the King of France."
tagline: "Navigator, explorer and corsair"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Assinatura_de_Jo%C3%A3o_Alfonso.png/330px-Assinatura_de_Jo%C3%A3o_Alfonso.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1484"
deathDate: "1544"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.27
  momentum:             0.8664259927797833
  historical:           9.210836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Alfonse"
    title: "Jean Alfonse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Жан Алфонс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Alfonse"
    title: "Jean Alfonse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Alphonse"
    title: "Jean Alphonse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Alfonse"
    title: "Jean Alfonse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Alfonse"
    title: "Jean Alfonse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Alfonse"
    title: "Jean Alfonse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Afonso_(esploratore)"
    title: "João Afonso (esploratore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Alfonce"
    title: "Ioannes Alfonce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Anf%C3%B3s"
    title: "Joan Anfós"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Alfonso"
    title: "João Alfonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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