# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-lafitte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:41:02.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-lafitte"
name: "Jean Lafitte"
slug: "jean-lafitte"
description: "Jean Lafitte was a French pirate, privateer, and slave trader who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used \"Lafitte\". This has become the common spelling in the United States, including places named after him."
tagline: "French pirate and privateer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anonymous_portrait_of_Jean_Lafitte%2C_early_19th_century%2C_Rosenberg_Library%2C_Galveston%2C_Texas.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1776"
deathDate: "1826"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.79828933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان لافيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان لافيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Laffite"
    title: "Jean Laffite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ζαν Λαφίτ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Laffite"
    title: "Jean Laffite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte"
    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Laffite"
    title: "Jean Laffite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جین لافیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
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    title: "ז'אן לאפיט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte"
    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジャン・ラフィット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
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  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Lahita"
    title: "Joan Lahita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
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    title: "Jean Lafitte"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte"
    title: "Jean Lafitte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454672"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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