# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-flinders
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:48.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-flinders"
name: "Matthew Flinders"
slug: "matthew-flinders"
description: "Captain Matthew Flinders was an English Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being \"more agreeable to the ear\" than previous names such as Terra Australis."
tagline: "English navigator and cartographer (1774-1814)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toussaint_Antoine_DE_CHAZAL_DE_Chamerel_-_Portrait_of_Captain_Matthew_Flinders%2C_RN%2C_1774-1814_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1774-03-16"
deathDate: "1814-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.75
  momentum:             3.692883052279205
  historical:           21.61848933333334
  currentAttention:     16.17562102830734
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マシュー・フリンダース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ماثيو فليندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ماثيو فليندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Мэцью Фліндэрс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8E_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Матю Флиндърс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "متیو فلیندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A1"
    title: "מתיו פלינדרס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD"
    title: "Մեթյու Ֆլինդերս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
    title: "Matthew Flinders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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