# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-elbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:22:18.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-elbert"
name: "Samuel Elbert"
slug: "samuel-elbert"
description: "Samuel Elbert was an American merchant, military officer and politician from Savannah, Georgia. During the Revolutionary War, Elbert rose to the rank of major general in the Georgia militia and colonel in the Continental Army, commanding the victorious colonial forces in a naval battle near St. Simons Island, Georgia on April 19, 1778. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Brier Creek the following year, though he regained his freedom in a prisoner exchange. He was brevetted a brigadier general after the end of the war."
tagline: "Military officer, governor of Georgia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Elbert.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1740"
deathDate: "1788-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.678762666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elbert"
    title: "Samuel Elbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "صموئيل إلبيرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elbert"
    title: "Samuel Elbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elbert"
    title: "Samuel Elbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98"
    title: "סמואל אלברט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elbert"
    title: "Samuel Elbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2218198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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