# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-de-castro
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:28:06.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-de-castro"
name: "João de Castro"
slug: "joao-de-castro"
description: "Dom João de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and colonial administrator, who served as the fourth Portuguese Viceroy of India from 1545 to 1548. He was called Strong Castro by the poet Luís de Camões. De Castro was the second son of Álvaro de Castro, the civil governor of Lisbon. His wife was Leonor Coutinho."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joao_de_Castro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1500-02-27"
deathDate: "1548-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             8.225559481743227
  historical:           13.76407733333333
  currentAttention:     15.08
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Жуан де Каштру"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جواو دي كاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جواو دى كاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro_(Vizek%C3%B6nig)"
    title: "João de Castro (Vizekönig)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ژوآئو د کاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%2C_%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Каштру, Жуан ди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Castro"
    title: "João de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1352529"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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