# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-minuit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:05.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-minuit"
name: "Peter Minuit"
slug: "peter-minuit"
description: "Peter Minuit was a Walloon merchant and politician who was the 3rd director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Netherland. He founded the Swedish colony of New Sweden on the Delaware Peninsula in 1638."
tagline: "Third director-general of New Netherland, founder of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638 (1580–1638)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Minuit_(Minnewit)_old_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1580"
deathDate: "1638"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.78
  momentum:             2.539425798625153
  historical:           20.77987733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit"
    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Petrus Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit"
    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit"
    title: "Peter Minuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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