# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-baptista-lavanha
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:48:48.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-baptista-lavanha"
name: "João Baptista Lavanha"
slug: "joao-baptista-lavanha"
description: "João Baptista Lavanha was a Portuguese cartographer, mathematician and geographer in the service of the Spanish kings Philip II and Philip III."
tagline: "Portuguese mathematician and engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arag%C3%B3n_de_Ioan_Baptista_Lava%C3%B1a_-_Dedicada_a_los_illustrissimos_Se%C3%B1ores_Diputados_del_Reyno_de_Arag%C3%B3n.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1555"
deathDate: "1624-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.946902654867257
  historical:           7.00486
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "João Baptista Lavanha"
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    title: "João Baptista Labanha"
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    title: "جواو بابتيستا لافانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "João Baptista Lavanha"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_Lavanha"
    title: "João Baptista Lavanha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_Lavanha"
    title: "João Baptista Lavanha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_Lavanha"
    title: "João Baptista Lavanha"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_Lavanha"
    title: "João Baptista Lavanha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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