# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-decatur
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:44:08.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-decatur"
name: "Stephen Decatur"
slug: "stephen-decatur"
description: "Stephen Decatur Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War; he brought the younger Stephen into the world of ships and sailing early on. Shortly after attending college, Decatur followed in his father's footsteps and joined the U.S. Navy at age 19 as a midshipman."
tagline: "United States Navy officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Decatur%2C_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_KN-2779.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1779-01-05"
deathDate: "1820-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.07735946364105206
  historical:           16.83418533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Stephen Decatur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump