# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-elphinstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:22.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-elphinstone"
name: "John Elphinstone"
slug: "john-elphinstone"
description: "John Elphinstone was a British naval officer who served in the Royal Navy before joining the Imperial Russian Navy in 1770 with approval from the Admiralty. Together with fellow Britons Samuel Greig and Charles Knowles, Elphinstone was part of a group of Russian naval officers under Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov which defeated the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Chesma, off Chios."
tagline: "British naval officer with the Russian Navy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Elphinston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1722"
deathDate: "1785"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             5.800653594771242
  historical:           5.881714666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elphinstone"
    title: "John Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elphinstone_(Marineoffizier)"
    title: "John Elphinstone (Marineoffizier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elphinstone"
    title: "John Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Эльфинстон, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elphinstone"
    title: "John Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elphinston"
    title: "John Elphinston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4531554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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