# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-foote
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:14.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-foote"
name: "Samuel Foote"
slug: "samuel-foote"
description: "Samuel Foote was a Cornish dramatist, actor and theatre manager. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity."
tagline: "British dramatist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Foote_by_Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Colson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1720-01-27"
deathDate: "1777-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.11
  momentum:             4.636363636363634
  historical:           7.884162666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "صموئيل فوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote"
    title: "Samuel Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote"
    title: "Samuel Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote"
    title: "Samuel Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9F"
    title: "सॅम्युएल फूट"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote"
    title: "Samuel Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766758"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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