# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ranald-macdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:39:17.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ranald-macdonald"
name: "Ranald MacDonald"
slug: "ranald-macdonald"
description: "Ranald MacDonald was the first native English speaker to teach the English language in Japan. His students included Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters in the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate."
tagline: "American English teacher (1824-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ranald_MacDonald_C1462.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1824-02-03"
deathDate: "1894-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.49
  momentum:             24.29265202702703
  historical:           7.728932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "ラナルド・マクドナルド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renald_Makdonald"
    title: "Renald Makdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald"
    title: "Ranald MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald"
    title: "Ranald MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "رونالد مکدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald"
    title: "Ranald MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald"
    title: "Ranald MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald"
    title: "Ranald MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3078450"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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