# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:28:50.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-thornton"
name: "Matthew Thornton"
slug: "matthew-thornton"
description: "Matthew Thornton was an Irish-born Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire."
tagline: "American politician (1714–1803)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_Thornton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1714"
deathDate: "1803-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.79
  momentum:             1.613155833985904
  historical:           12.053388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Метью Торнтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماثيو ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماثيو ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماتیو تورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מתיו תורנטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マシュー・ソーントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthaeus_Thornton"
    title: "Matthaeus Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton"
    title: "Matthew Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368351"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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