# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vittorio-bottego
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:06:37.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vittorio-bottego"
name: "Vittorio Bottego"
slug: "vittorio-bottego"
description: "Vittorio Bottego was an Italian army officer and one of the first Western explorers of Jubaland and southern Ethiopia, where he led two expeditions. He was the first European explorer to follow the course of the lower Omo River to its confluence with Lake Turkana and to reach Lake Abaya, which he called Lake Margherita after Queen Margherita of Savoy, the wife of King Humbert I of Italy."
tagline: "Italian explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vittorio_Bottego_1889.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1860-08-11"
deathDate: "1897-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.49629466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%88"
    title: "فيتوريو بوتيغو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE"
    title: "Виторио Ботего"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Боттего, Витторио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bottego"
    title: "Vittorio Bottego"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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