# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-de-barros
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:42.949Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-de-barros"
name: "João de Barros"
slug: "joao-de-barros"
description: "João de Barros, nicknamed the \"Portuguese Livy\", is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia, a history of the Portuguese in India, Asia, and southeast Africa."
tagline: "Portuguese historian (1496 – 1570)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1496"
deathDate: "1570-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump