# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ratcliffe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:55.005Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ratcliffe"
name: "John Ratcliffe"
slug: "john-ratcliffe"
description: "John Ratcliffe was an early Jamestown, Virginia settler and sea captain. Ratcliffe was an original member of the Virginia Governor's Council and became acting president before his death. He was tortured to death by the native Pamunkey people in the winter of 1609–1610."
tagline: "Colonial governor of Virginia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ratcliffe_Under_the_crown%2C_American_history_(1909)_(14589986637).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1549-05-12"
deathDate: "1609"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             1.52989449003517
  historical:           8.512042666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor)"
    title: "John Ratcliffe (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(Gouverneur)"
    title: "John Ratcliffe (Gouverneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor)"
    title: "John Ratcliffe (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe"
    title: "John Ratcliffe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(gubernur)"
    title: "John Ratcliffe (gubernur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe"
    title: "John Ratcliffe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%88%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2"
    title: "ジョン・ラトクリフ・ジュニア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9E%AB%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%AC%ED%94%84_%EC%B4%9D%EB%8F%85"
    title: "랫클리프 총독"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Рэтклифф, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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