# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-nicolas-de-clerville
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:40:52.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-nicolas-de-clerville"
name: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville"
slug: "louis-nicolas-de-clerville"
description: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville, often referred to as the Chevalier de Clerville, held many military positions during his life in France. In the 1660s, he was the chief engineer for ports and canals under Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert and was responsible for surveying the coasts of France and the creation of numerous maps. He was also associated with Pierre-Paul Riquet and the building of the Canal du Midi."
tagline: "French military engineer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1610"
deathDate: "1677"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.48
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.606588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_de_Clerville"
    title: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_de_Clerville"
    title: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_de_Clerville"
    title: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_de_Clerville"
    title: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_de_Clerville"
    title: "Louis Nicolas de Clerville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3262796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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