# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-popper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:37:19.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-popper"
name: "Julius Popper"
slug: "julius-popper"
description: "Julius Popper was a Romanian-born Argentine colonial engineer and explorer of Jewish ancestry. He was known as a modern \"conquistador\" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America, and was both a controversial and influential figure. Popper was one of the main perpetrators of the genocide against the native Selkʼnam people in the islands, and the circumstances surrounding his own death remain a mystery."
tagline: "Romanian-Argentinian explorer and mercenary, accused of genocide (1857-1893)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1857-12-15"
deathDate: "1893-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump