# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-slocum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:10.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-slocum"
name: "Joshua Slocum"
slug: "joshua-slocum"
description: "Joshua Slocum was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray."
tagline: "American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua_Slocum_cph.3b46344.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1844-02-20"
deathDate: "1909-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8252427184466019
  historical:           20.33482533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump