# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludovico-di-varthema
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:01:33.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludovico-di-varthema"
name: "Ludovico di Varthema"
slug: "ludovico-di-varthema"
description: "Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus, was an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being one of the first non-Muslim Europeans to enter Mecca as a pilgrim. Nearly everything that is known about his life comes from his own account of his travels, Itinerario de Ludouico de Varthema Bolognese, published in Rome in 1510."
tagline: "Italian explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Varthema_ttp.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1470"
deathDate: "1517"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.055584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ludovico di Varthema"
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    title: "Ludovico de Varthema"
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    title: "Ludovico di Varthema"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_de_Verthema"
    title: "Ludovico de Verthema"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ludovico di Varthema"
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    title: "Ludovico di Varthema"
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    title: "لودوویکو دی ورتھیما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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