# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-lynch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:05:24.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-lynch"
name: "Thomas Lynch"
slug: "thomas-lynch"
description: "Thomas Lynch Jr. was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina and a Founding Father of the United States. His father Thomas Lynch was a member of the Continental Congress and had signed the 1774 Continental Association. When he had to step down because of illness, Thomas Lynch Jr. was selected to fill his post."
tagline: "Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Lynch_Jr..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1749-08-05"
deathDate: "1779"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.76
  momentum:             5.345794392523365
  historical:           10.79244533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Thomas Lynch, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "توماس لينش الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس لينش الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس لینچ جر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_Jr."
    title: "Thomas Lynch Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_junior"
    title: "Thomas Lynch junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_Jr."
    title: "Thomas Lynch Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "توماس لینچ جونیور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_Junior"
    title: "Thomas Lynch Junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2"
    title: "トマス・リンチ・ジュニア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch"
    title: "Thomas Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_jr."
    title: "Thomas Lynch jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_Jr."
    title: "Thomas Lynch Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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