# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/piet-retief
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:49.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/piet-retief"
name: "Piet Retief"
slug: "piet-retief"
description: "Pieter Retief was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he later assumed command of punitive expeditions during the sixth Xhosa War. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony."
tagline: "Afrikaner pioneer (1780–1838)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voortrekker_Monument_May_2006%2C_IMG_3003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1780-11-12"
deathDate: "1838-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.75
  momentum:             0.9569377990430623
  historical:           16.098928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Piet Retief"
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    title: "פיט רטיף"
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    title: "Ретиф, Питер Мориц"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump