# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sidney-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:32:17.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sidney-smith"
name: "Sidney Smith"
slug: "sidney-smith"
description: "Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith was a British naval officer and politician. Serving in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of admiral in the Royal Navy. Smith was known for his outspoken character and penchant for acting on his own initiative, which caused a great deal of friction with many of his superiors and colleagues."
tagline: "British naval officer (1764-1840)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_William_Sidney_Smith_by_John_Eckstein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1764-06-21"
deathDate: "1840-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.05972933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "سيدني سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيدنى سميث (ادميرال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Smith_(Admiral)"
    title: "Sidney Smith (Admiral)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Smith_(Royal_Navy_officer)"
    title: "Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sidney_Smith"
    title: "William Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sidney_Smith"
    title: "William Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "סידני סמית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sidney_Smith"
    title: "William Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9_(%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%BA)"
    title: "シドニー・スミス (軍人)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Smith"
    title: "Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Smith"
    title: "Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB)"
    title: "Смит, Сидней (адмирал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sidney_Smith"
    title: "William Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%98"
    title: "ซิดนีย์ สมิธ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Smith"
    title: "Sidney Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1389040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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