# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-le-marinel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:28:09.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-le-marinel"
name: "Paul Le Marinel"
slug: "paul-le-marinel"
description: "Paul-Amédée Le Marinel (1858–1912) was an American-born officer in the Belgian army who became an explorer and administrator in the Congo Free State. He was best known for his expedition to Katanga in 1891."
tagline: "American-born officer in the Belgian army (1858–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_le_marinel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1858-07-04"
deathDate: "1912-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             15.97345132743363
  historical:           4.804464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Пол льо Маринел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Marinel"
    title: "Paul Le Marinel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Marinel"
    title: "Paul Le Marinel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Marinel_(explorateur)"
    title: "Paul Le Marinel (explorateur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Marinel"
    title: "Paul Le Marinel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770686"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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