# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liu-buchan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:30.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liu-buchan"
name: "Liu Buchan"
slug: "liu-buchan"
description: "Liu Buchan was a Chinese naval officer during the First Sino-Japanese War. He served in the Beiyang Fleet, the most prominent of China's naval units in the late Qing Dynasty, and is best remembered for his actions as commander of the fleet flagship, the Dingyuan, during the war. After his death and the ship being destroyed at the end of the war, he was raised to national hero status in modern China. At his death, Liu was commander of the fleet flagship, with the rank Admiral of the Right, and reserve Admiral of the Fleet."
tagline: "Chinese Navy admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liubuqian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1852"
deathDate: "1895-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             7.815126050420169
  historical:           5.710262666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Buchan"
    title: "Liu Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ليو بوتشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Buchan"
    title: "Liu Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E6%AD%A5%E8%9F%BE"
    title: "劉步蟾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Buchan"
    title: "Liu Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E6%AD%A9%E8%9F%BE"
    title: "劉歩蟾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10900015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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