# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-de-sousa-coutinho
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:57:28.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-de-sousa-coutinho"
name: "Manuel de Sousa Coutinho"
slug: "manuel-de-sousa-coutinho"
description: "Manuel de Sousa Coutinho (1540–1591) was the 14th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Coutinho was appointed in 1578 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1583. He was succeeded by João de Correia de Brito."
tagline: "Portuguese colonial administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_de_Sousa_Coutinho_(Archaeological_Survey_of_India%2C_Goa).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1540"
deathDate: "1591"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.669906666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_de_Sousa_Coutinho"
    title: "Manuel de Sousa Coutinho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "مانويل دي سوزا كوتينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_de_Sousa_Coutinho"
    title: "Manuel de Sousa Coutinho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%9D%E0%B7%83_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%96%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C"
    title: "මනුවෙල් ඩි සෝස කූචීනො"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_de_Sousa_Coutinho"
    title: "Manuel de Sousa Coutinho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_de_Sousa_Coutinho%2C_governador_da_%C3%8Dndia"
    title: "Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, governador da Índia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3286972"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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