# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hawkins-q18531374
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:49:59.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hawkins-q18531374"
name: "William Hawkins"
slug: "william-hawkins-q18531374"
description: "William Hawkins or Hawkyns was an English sea-captain and merchant and the first Englishman to sail to Brazil."
tagline: "English merchant and sea captain (born before 1490, died 1554/5)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1490"
deathDate: "1555"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.09
  momentum:             6.702127659574466
  historical:           2.416056
  currentAttention:     37.23404255319148
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  41
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hawkins_(died_c._1554)"
    title: "William Hawkins (died c. 1554)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hawkins_(explorateur)"
    title: "William Hawkins (explorateur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18531374"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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