# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-fitzwilliam-owen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:18:16.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-fitzwilliam-owen"
name: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
slug: "william-fitzwilliam-owen"
description: "Vice-Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen was a British naval officer and explorer. He is best known for his exploration of the west and east African coasts, discovery of the Seaflower Channel off the coast of Sumatra and for surveying the Canadian Great Lakes."
tagline: "British Royal Navy admiral (1774-1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1774-09-17"
deathDate: "1857-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.31
  momentum:             17.9535864978903
  historical:           8.077718666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام فيتزويليام اوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уилям Фицуилям Оуен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen"
    title: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen"
    title: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen"
    title: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen"
    title: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen"
    title: "William Fitzwilliam Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Оуэн, Уильям"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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