# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/poon-lim
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:25:54.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/poon-lim"
name: "Poon Lim"
slug: "poon-lim"
description: "Poon Lim BEM was a Chinese seafarer. In 1942–43, he survived a record 133 days alone on a life raft in the South Atlantic."
tagline: "Chinese sailor of the British Merchant Navy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poom_i_jego_tratwa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1918-03-08"
deathDate: "1991-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.23
  momentum:             9.179673950745752
  historical:           12.13145733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BD%98%E6%BF%82"
    title: "潘濂"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "بون ليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "بون ليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D"
    title: "פון לים"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%9B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Пань Лянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Lim"
    title: "Poon Lim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC"
    title: "Пун Лім"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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