# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-webb
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:02:54.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-webb"
name: "Matthew Webb"
slug: "matthew-webb"
description: "Captain Matthew Webb was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England."
tagline: "English steamship captain and Channel swimmer (1848–1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_Webb%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1875-10-09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1848-01-19"
deathDate: "1883-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.85
  momentum:             1.738132928908274
  historical:           15.68730533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Matthew Webb"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
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    title: "Matthew Webb"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マシュー・ウェッブ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew Webb"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
    title: "Matthew Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattew_Webb"
    title: "Mattew Webb"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump