# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-bellamy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:39:30.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-bellamy"
name: "Samuel Bellamy"
slug: "samuel-bellamy"
description: "Captain Samuel Bellamy, erroneously known as \"Black Sam\" Bellamy, was an English sailor turned pirate during the early 18th century. He is best known as one of the wealthiest pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. Though his known career as a pirate captain lasted little more than a year, he and his crew captured at least 53 ships."
tagline: "English pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Bellamy%2C_Wreck_of_the_Whydah%2C_from_the_Pirates_of_the_Spanish_Main_series_(N19)_for_Allen_%26_Ginter_Cigarettes_MET_DP835027.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1689"
deathDate: "1717-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump