# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-de-lery
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:53.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-de-lery"
name: "Jean de Léry"
slug: "jean-de-lery"
description: "Jean de Léry (1534/1536–1613) was an explorer, writer, and Reformed pastor born in Lamargelle, Côte-d'Or, France. Scholars disagree about whether he was a member of the lesser nobility or merely a shoemaker. Either way, he was not a public figure prior to accompanying a small group of fellow Protestants to their new colony on an island in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1557 to 1558. There he produced the first known transcriptions of native American music: two chants of the Tupinambá, near Rio de Janeiro. The colony, France Antarctique was founded by the Chevalier de Villegaignon, with promises of religious freedom, but on arrival, the Chevalier contested the Protestants' beliefs and persecuted them. After eight months, the Protestants left their colony and survived for a short time on the mainland, living amongst the Tupinambá Indians. These events were the basis of de Lery's book, History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (1578). Exhausted and starving, they then returned to France aboard a pirate ship."
tagline: "French cleric and explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brasilia.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1536"
deathDate: "1613"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.29
  momentum:             5.714285714285715
  historical:           9.060156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "چين د ليرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Lerius"
    title: "Ioannes Lerius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Jean de Léry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348377"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump