# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-pitcairn
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:55:45.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-pitcairn"
name: "John Pitcairn"
slug: "john-pitcairn"
description: "Major John Pitcairn was a British military officer. Born in Dysart, Fife, he enlisted in the Chatham Marine Division of the British Naval Service at the age of 23. He served in North America during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Arriving in Boston in 1774 with the rank of major, he fought in the 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord during the outbreak of the American War of Independence. Two months later in June, Pitcairn was killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Respected by both his men and his American opponents, he was buried at Boston's Old North Church. At the time of his death Pitcairn was serving alongside his son Thomas, also a marine officer in the same division, who helped to carry his mortally wounded father from the battlefield."
tagline: "British Marine officer during the American Revolutionary War"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Pitcairn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1722-12-28"
deathDate: "1775-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.53
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.095117333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Pitkern"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pitcairn"
    title: "John Pitcairn"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pitcairn"
    title: "John Pitcairn"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pitcairn"
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    title: "John Pitcairn"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pitcairn"
    title: "John Pitcairn"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%88%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3"
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    title: "Питкерн, Джон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump