# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lion-gardiner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:28:55.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lion-gardiner"
name: "Lion Gardiner"
slug: "lion-gardiner"
description: "Lion Gardiner (1599–1663) was an English engineer and colonist who founded the first English settlement in New York, acquiring land on eastern Long Island. He had been working in the Netherlands and was hired to construct fortifications on the Connecticut River, for the Connecticut Colony. His legacy includes Gardiners Island, which is held by his descendants."
tagline: "Engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lion_Gardiner_and_Pequot_War_by_Charles_Reinhart_1890.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1599"
deathDate: "1663"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             2.747474747474747
  historical:           4.845432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "ليون غاردينر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Gardiner"
    title: "Lion Gardiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Gardiner"
    title: "Lion Gardiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Gardiner"
    title: "Lion Gardiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Gardiner"
    title: "Lion Gardiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1827206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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