# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pedro-da-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:05:25.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pedro-da-silva"
name: "Pedro da Silva"
slug: "pedro-da-silva"
description: "Pedro da Silva was the first post courier in New France, in what was to become part of Canada. He was Portuguese born and was known as Le Portugais."
tagline: "Canadian postman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voyageur_hiver.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1647"
deathDate: "1717-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.17
  momentum:             0.7692307692307692
  historical:           5.672030666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_da_Silva_(post_courier)"
    title: "Pedro da Silva (post courier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "بيدرو دا سيلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_da_Silva_(Postzusteller)"
    title: "Pedro da Silva (Postzusteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Сильва, Педро да"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_da_Silva_(messager)"
    title: "Pedro da Silva (messager)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_da_Silva_(mensageiro)"
    title: "Pedro da Silva (mensageiro)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4419334"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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