# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nathaniel-lyon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:40:18.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nathaniel-lyon"
name: "Nathaniel Lyon"
slug: "nathaniel-lyon"
description: "Nathaniel Lyon was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginning of the conflict, to forestall secret secessionist plans of the governor Claiborne Jackson."
tagline: "First Union general to be killed in the American Civil War"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brigadier_General_Nathaniel_Lyon%2C_commander_of_the_Federal_forces_at_Wilson's_Creek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1818-07-14"
deathDate: "1861-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.53173948887057
  historical:           18.26898133333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump