# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-bethune
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:44:56.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-bethune"
name: "Pete Bethune"
slug: "pete-bethune"
description: "Captain Peter James Bethune is a New Zealand ship's captain with 500 ton master licence, published author, producer of The Operatives TV show, and public speaker. He is the founder of Earthrace Conservation. He works assisting countries in Asia, Central America and Africa with fisheries enforcement and anti-poaching. He is the holder of the world record for circumnavigating the globe in his powerboat Earthrace, a wavepiercing trimaran powered with biofuels."
tagline: "New Zealand conservationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pete_Bethune_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1965-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.22
  momentum:             19.51162790697675
  historical:           6.367029333333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_James_Bethune"
    title: "Peter James Bethune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيت بيثيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Bethune"
    title: "Pete Bethune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Bethune"
    title: "Pete Bethune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_James_Bethune"
    title: "Peter James Bethune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Bethune"
    title: "Pete Bethune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ピーター・ベスーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3046388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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