# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nathaniel-gordon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:38:57.572Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nathaniel-gordon"
name: "Nathaniel Gordon"
slug: "nathaniel-gordon"
description: "Nathaniel Gordon was an American slave trader who was the only person in the United States to be tried, convicted, and executed by the federal government for having \"engaged in the slave trade\", which was deemed an act of piracy when committed by American citizens under the Piracy Law of 1820. As such, Gordon was also the last person to be executed for piracy in the United States."
tagline: "American slave trader (1826–1862)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Execution_of_Gordon_the_slave-trader%2C_New_York%2C_February_21%2C_1862_LCCN2011647819.jpg/330px-Execution_of_Gordon_the_slave-trader%2C_New_York%2C_February_21%2C_1862_LCCN2011647819.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1826-02-06"
deathDate: "1862-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.02
  momentum:             0.1180257510729614
  historical:           4.633948
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ناثانيل غوردون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Gordon"
    title: "Nathaniel Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Gordon"
    title: "Nathaniel Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Gordon"
    title: "Nathaniel Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%86"
    title: "نتھانیئل گورڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969635"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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