# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kidd
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:08.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kidd"
name: "William Kidd"
slug: "william-kidd"
description: "William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City. By 1690, Kidd had become a highly successful privateer, commissioned to protect English interests in the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the West Indies."
tagline: "Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Kidd.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1645"
deathDate: "1701-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.914648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Kidd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Kidd"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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