# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pero-da-covilha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:28:21.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pero-da-covilha"
name: "Pêro da Covilhã"
slug: "pero-da-covilha"
description: "Pêro da Covilhã, sometimes written Pero de Covilhã, was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer and diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pero_da_Covilh%C3%A3_-_Padr%C3%A3o_dos_Descobrimentos.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1450"
deathDate: "1530"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.16
  momentum:             3.989361702127659
  historical:           20.59449733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Pedro de Covilhão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7"
    title: "بييرو دا كوفيلها"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Перу да Кавільян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Перу ди Ковилян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "पेरो दा कोविल्हा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AAro_da_Covilh%C3%A3"
    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AAro_da_Covilh%C3%A3"
    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "പെറോ ഡ കോവിള"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AAro_da_Covilh%C3%A3"
    title: "Pêro da Covilhã"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360804"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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