# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jorge-juan-y-santacilia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T06:10:05.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jorge-juan-y-santacilia"
name: "Jorge Juan y Santacilia"
slug: "jorge-juan-y-santacilia"
description: "Jorge Gaspar Juan y Santacilia was a Spanish naval officer, mathematician, scientist, astronomer and engineer. He is generally regarded as one of the most important scientific figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, he undertook sensitive diplomatic missions for the Spanish crown and contributed to the modernization and professionalization of the Spanish Navy. In his lifetime, he came to be known as el sabio español. His career as a public servant constitutes an important chapter in the Bourbon Reforms of the 18th century."
tagline: "Spanish mathematician and naval officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1713-01-05"
deathDate: "1773-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.973997833152763
  historical:           12.08622
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Хуан-и-Сантасилиа, Хорхе"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia"
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    title: "Jorge Juan"
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    title: "Jorge Juan y Santacilia"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia"
    title: "Jorge Juan y Santacilia"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia"
    title: "Jorge Juan y Santacilia"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia"
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    title: "Jorge Juan y Santacilia"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Juan_y_Santacilia"
    title: "Jorge Juan y Santacilia"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump