# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-eaton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:05:35.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-eaton"
name: "William Eaton"
slug: "william-eaton"
description: "William Eaton was a United States Army officer and the diplomatic officer Consul General to Tunis (1797–1803). He played an important diplomatic and military role in the First Barbary War between the United States and Tripoli (1801–1805). He led the first foreign United States military victory at the Battle of Derne by capturing the Tripoli subject city of Derne in support of the restoration of the pasha, Hamet Karamanli. He also gave testimony at the treason trial of former Vice President Aaron Burr.\nEaton served one term in the General Court of Massachusetts, which is the state legislature both during and after the colonial era. Eaton died on June 1, 1811, at the age of 47."
tagline: "American soldier and diplomat (1764-1811)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamEaton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1764-02-23"
deathDate: "1811-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.2
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           5.711414666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eaton_(soldier)"
    title: "William Eaton (soldier)"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام إيتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ايتون (عسكرى)"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%9D%B4%ED%84%B4"
    title: "윌리엄 이턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eaton_(militaire)"
    title: "William Eaton (militaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eaton"
    title: "William Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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