# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/woodes-rogers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:34:05.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/woodes-rogers"
name: "Woodes Rogers"
slug: "woodes-rogers"
description: "Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain, privateer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732. He is remembered as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. Rogers came from an experienced seafaring family, grew up in Poole and Bristol, and served a marine apprenticeship to a Bristol sea captain. His father, who held shares in many ships, died when Rogers was in his mid-twenties, leaving Rogers in control of the family shipping business."
tagline: "British sea captain and governor of the Bahamas (1679–1732)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WoodesRogersStatueNassau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1679"
deathDate: "1732-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump