# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-byng
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:09.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-byng"
name: "John Byng"
slug: "john-byng"
description: "Admiral of the Blue John Byng was a Royal Navy officer and politician who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad. After joining the navy at the age of thirteen, he participated at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718. Over the next thirty years he built up a reputation as a solid naval officer and received promotion to vice-admiral in 1747. He also served as Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland Colony in 1742, Commander-in-Chief, Leith, 1745 to 1746 and was a member of Parliament from 1751 until his death."
tagline: "Royal Navy officer, shot for failure in combat (1704-1757)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Byng.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1704-10-28"
deathDate: "1757-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.42
  momentum:             1.004346476249612
  historical:           15.98853733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جون بينج (ضابط بحرى من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)"
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    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng"
    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng"
    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng"
    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ון בינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%B9%99"
    title: "존 빙"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng"
    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng"
    title: "John Byng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB)"
    title: "Бинг, Джон (адмирал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "約翰·拜恩"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump