# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-r-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:26:14.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-r-walker"
name: "Joseph R. Walker"
slug: "joseph-r-walker"
description: "Joseph R. Walker was a mountain man and experienced scout. He established the segment of the California Trail, the primary route for the emigrants to the gold fields during the California gold rush, from Fort Hall, Idaho to the Truckee River. The Walker River and Walker Lake in Nevada were named for him by John C. Frémont."
tagline: "American explorer (1798–1876)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Walker_circa_1860_by_Mathew_Brady.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1798-12-13"
deathDate: "1876-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.01
  momentum:             1.062068965517241
  historical:           6.362205333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "جوزف آر واکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B1._%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "جوزيف ر. ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Джоузеф Уокър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Walker"
    title: "Joseph R. Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Walker"
    title: "Joseph R. Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Walker"
    title: "Joseph Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Walker"
    title: "Joseph R. Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3655574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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