# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-r-esteves
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:15:45.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-r-esteves"
name: "Luis R. Esteves"
slug: "luis-r-esteves"
description: "Major General Luis Raul Esteves was the first Puerto Rican and the first American citizen of Hispanic heritage to graduate from the United States Military Academy, and the founder of the Puerto Rico National Guard. Of his West Point class, that included Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Joseph McNarney, James Van Fleet and George E. Stratemeyer, Esteves was the first to achieve the rank of general."
tagline: "United States general (1893-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esteves.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1893-04-30"
deathDate: "1958-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.5
  momentum:             0.6994818652849741
  historical:           5.696402666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_R._Esteves"
    title: "Luis R. Esteves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B1._%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لويس ر. إستيفيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B1._%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لويس ر. استيفيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ルイス・エステベス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_R._Esteves"
    title: "Luis R. Esteves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_R._Esteves"
    title: "Luis R. Esteves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6701022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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