# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-straight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:27:20.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-straight"
name: "Alvin Straight"
slug: "alvin-straight"
description: "Alvin Boone Straight was an American man who travelled 240 miles (390 km) on a riding lawn mower from Laurens, Iowa, to Blue River, Wisconsin, to visit his ailing brother in 1994. His journey inspired the 1999 film The Straight Story."
tagline: "American lawn mower traveler (1920-1996)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1920-10-17"
deathDate: "1996-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.55
  momentum:             4.390607528885575
  historical:           7.677992000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Straight"
    title: "Alvin Straight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "آلفين ستريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Straight"
    title: "Alvin Straight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%84"
    title: "Άλβιν Στρέιτ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Straight"
    title: "Alvin Straight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Straight"
    title: "Alvin Straight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Straight"
    title: "Alvin Straight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Straight"
    title: "Alvin Straight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4738231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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