# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-pierce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:02:50.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-pierce"
name: "Joseph Pierce"
slug: "joseph-pierce"
description: "Joseph A. Pierce was a Chinese-born American soldier who fought in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and reached the rank of corporal. After the war, he returned to Connecticut, converted to Christianity, and worked as a silver engraver until his death in 1916."
tagline: "American soldier of Chinese origin (1842-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Corporal_Joseph_Pierce.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1842-10-05"
deathDate: "1916-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.98
  momentum:             16.88405797101449
  historical:           5.02952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pierce_(soldier)"
    title: "Joseph Pierce (soldier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pierce_(soldado)"
    title: "Joseph Pierce (soldado)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Пирс, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pierce"
    title: "Joseph Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%91%9F%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E7%9A%AE%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF"
    title: "约瑟夫·皮尔斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16075070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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