# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lafayette-bunnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:07:37.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lafayette-bunnell"
name: "Lafayette Bunnell"
slug: "lafayette-bunnell"
description: "Lafayette Houghton Bunnell was an American medical doctor, writer, and explorer. He is most well known for his involvement with the Mariposa Battalion, the first non-Indians to enter Yosemite Valley, and his book Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851. Bunnell led the battalion members in a vote to name the valley, and for this reason he is often credited as the person who named Yosemite. He was also a soldier and surgeon in the United States war with Mexico and the Civil War."
tagline: "American physician, explorer, and writer (1824-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lafayette_Bunnell_1880.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1824-03-13"
deathDate: "1903-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             25
  historical:           6.357885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayett_Bunnell"
    title: "Lafayett Bunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84"
    title: "لافاييت بانل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84"
    title: "لافاييت بانل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Bunnell"
    title: "Lafayette Bunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84"
    title: "لافایت بانل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_H._Bunnell"
    title: "Lafayette H. Bunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Bunnell"
    title: "Lafayette Bunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6471369"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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