# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/powhatan-beaty
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:31:01.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/powhatan-beaty"
name: "Powhatan Beaty"
slug: "powhatan-beaty"
description: "Powhatan Beaty was an African American soldier and actor. During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army's 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment throughout the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign. He received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for taking command of his company at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, after all officers had been killed or wounded."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1837-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Powhatan_Beaty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1837-10-08"
deathDate: "1916-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.414112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "پواتان بياتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_Beaty"
    title: "Powhatan Beaty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80"
    title: "पॉवटन बीटी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_Beaty"
    title: "Powhatan Beaty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%B9%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%B9%DB%8C"
    title: "پاوھاٹن بیٹی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7236881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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