# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/major-ridge
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:27:42.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/major-ridge"
name: "Major Ridge"
slug: "major-ridge"
description: "The Ridge, later known as Major Ridge was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the Cherokee–American wars against American frontiersmen. Later, Major Ridge led the Cherokee in alliances with General Andrew Jackson and the United States in the Creek and Seminole wars of the early 19th century."
tagline: "Cherokee leader (d. 1839)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major_ridge.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1771"
deathDate: "1839-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.306626666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Major Ridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge"
    title: "Major Ridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge"
    title: "Major Ridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge"
    title: "Major Ridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge"
    title: "Major Ridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge"
    title: "Major Ridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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