# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-ribault
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:13:24.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-ribault"
name: "Jean Ribault"
slug: "jean-ribault"
description: "Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the French attempts to colonize Florida. A Huguenot and officer under Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, Ribault led an expedition to the New World in 1562 that founded the outpost of Charlesfort on Parris Island in present-day South Carolina. Two years later, he took over command of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. He and many of his followers died at the hands of Spanish soldiers during the Massacre at Matanzas Inlet, near St. Augustine."
tagline: "French navigator and colonizer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Ribault.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1520"
deathDate: "1565-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.638952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AE%A9%C2%B7%E9%87%8C%E5%8D%9A"
    title: "让·里博"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88_(%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81)"
    title: "جان ريبو (المستكشف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault"
    title: "Jean Ribault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935052"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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