# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pepperrell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:42:48.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pepperrell"
name: "William Pepperrell"
slug: "william-pepperrell"
description: "Major-General Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet was an American merchant, politician and military officer. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George's War. He owned a number of slaves and was one of the wealthiest people in the Thirteen Colonies."
tagline: "British Army general (1696-1759)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Pepperrell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1696-06-27"
deathDate: "1759-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.13
  momentum:             18.09278350515464
  historical:           8.556193333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Пепперелл, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام پپرل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "უილიამ პეპერელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pepperrell"
    title: "William Pepperrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153790"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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