# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orlando-mendes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:00:28.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orlando-mendes"
name: "Orlando Mendes"
slug: "orlando-mendes"
description: "Orlando Marques de Almeida Mendes was a Mozambican biologist and writer."
tagline: "Mozambican writer and botanist (1916–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orlando_Mendes_1916.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-08-04"
deathDate: "1990-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.12
  historical:           9.605004000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Орланду Мендіш"
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    title: "اورلاندو مينديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%88%2C_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83"
    title: "Мендеш, Орланду"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mendes"
    title: "Orlando Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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