# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-de-la-loubere
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:25:25.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-de-la-loubere"
name: "Simon de la Loubère"
slug: "simon-de-la-loubere"
description: "Simon de la Loubère was a French diplomat to Siam (Thailand), writer, mathematician and poet. He is credited with bringing back a document which introduced Europe to Indian astronomy, the \"Siamese method\" of making magic squares, and one of the earliest descriptions of parachutes."
tagline: "French diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_de_La_Loubere_Portrait.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1642-04-21"
deathDate: "1729-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.218504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ซีมง เดอ ลา ลูแบร์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_la_Loubere"
    title: "Simon de la Loubere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_La_Loub%C3%A8re"
    title: "Simon de La Loubère"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_la_Loub%C3%A8re"
    title: "Simon de la Loubère"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_La_Loub%C3%A8re"
    title: "Simon de La Loubère"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_La_Loub%C3%A8re"
    title: "Simon de La Loubère"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_la_Loub%C3%A8re"
    title: "Simon de la Loubère"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "シモン・ド・ラ・ルベール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2402554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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