# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-aaron-van-dorn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:31:07.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-aaron-van-dorn"
name: "Peter Aaron Van Dorn"
slug: "peter-aaron-van-dorn"
description: "Peter Aaron Van Dorn was an American lawyer, judge and cotton planter in Mississippi. Born and raised in New Jersey, with a law degree from Princeton, as a young man he migrated to the Mississippi Territory, where he made his career and fortune. He became a major planter with a plantation on the Yazoo River, a law practice in Port Gibson, and a seat as a judge on the Orphan's Court. He was one of the founders of Jackson, Mississippi, designated as the capital when it became a state."
tagline: "American lawyer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Detail_of_land_holdings_in_Adams_County_Mississippi_Territory_United_States_1810_03.jpg/330px-Detail_of_land_holdings_in_Adams_County_Mississippi_Territory_United_States_1810_03.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1773-09-12"
deathDate: "1837"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.77
  momentum:             15
  historical:           3.071886666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "بيتر هارون فان دورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "بيتر هارون فان دورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Aaron_Van_Dorn"
    title: "Peter Aaron Van Dorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18387831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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