# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-steele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:32:37.819Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-steele"
name: "Sam Steele"
slug: "sam-steele"
description: "Major-general Sir Samuel Benfield Steele was a Canadian soldier and policeman. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War."
tagline: "Canadian politician and officer (1849–1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Samuel_Steele.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1849-01-05"
deathDate: "1919-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47
  momentum:             0.166769610870908
  historical:           8.992589333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "ساموئل بنفیلد استیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Steele"
    title: "Sam Steele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2219427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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