# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-decatur-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:33:41.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-decatur-sr"
name: "Stephen Decatur Sr."
slug: "stephen-decatur-sr"
description: "Stephen Decatur Sr. was a United States Navy officer and privateer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the Quasi-War. He was commissioned as a captain in the United States Navy, and was the father of Stephen Decatur."
tagline: "US Navy officer and privateer (1751-1808)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Decatur%2C_Sr.%2C_head-and-shoulders_portrait%2C_left_profile_LCCN2007676971.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1751"
deathDate: "1808-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.412636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur_Sr."
    title: "Stephen Decatur Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur_sr."
    title: "Stephen Decatur sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2502186"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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