# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luke-foxe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:43.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luke-foxe"
name: "Luke Foxe"
slug: "luke-foxe"
description: "Luke Foxe was an English explorer, born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, who searched for the Northwest Passage across North America. In 1631, he sailed much of the western Hudson Bay before concluding no such passage was possible. Foxe Basin, Foxe Channel and Foxe Peninsula were named after him."
tagline: "English explorer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Luke_Foxe_signature_%281632%29.svg/330px-Luke_Foxe_signature_%281632%29.svg.png"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1586-10-20"
deathDate: "1635-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.84684684684685
  historical:           13.54280133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Люк Фокс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "لوقا فوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Люк Фокс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Fox"
    title: "Luke Fox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Fox"
    title: "Luke Fox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Fox"
    title: "Luke Fox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ルーク・フォックス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Foxe"
    title: "Luke Foxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA"
    title: "Фокс, Люк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Fox"
    title: "Luke Fox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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