# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-placido-de-castro
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:21.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-placido-de-castro"
name: "José Plácido de Castro"
slug: "jose-placido-de-castro"
description: "José Plácido de Castro was a Brazilian soldier, surveyor, rubber producer and politician who led the armed revolt during the Acre War of 1902–3, when the Republic of Acre broke away from Bolivia. He was the president of the state of Acre just before and after it was purchased by Brazil. After the war he became extremely wealthy as a rubber producer, and made many enemies. He was assassinated in 1908. He is considered a hero of Brazil."
tagline: "Brazilian politician (1873–1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pl%C3%A1cido_de_Castro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1873-09-09"
deathDate: "1908-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.13
  momentum:             0.529482551143201
  historical:           4.8315
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pl%C3%A1cido_de_Castro"
    title: "José Plácido de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pl%C3%A1cido_de_Castro"
    title: "José Plácido de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pl%C3%A1cido_de_Castro"
    title: "José Plácido de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pl%C3%A1cido_de_Castro"
    title: "José Plácido de Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%83_%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5"
    title: "Пласиду ди Каштру, Жозе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1791375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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