# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulo-dias-de-novais
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:07:08.653Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/paulo-dias-de-novais"
name: "Paulo Dias de Novais"
slug: "paulo-dias-de-novais"
description: "Paulo Dias de Novais, a fidalgo of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese colonist in Africa in the 16th century and the first Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1510"
deathDate: "1589-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump