# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-desch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:05:58.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-desch"
name: "August Desch"
slug: "august-desch"
description: "August George \"Gus\" Desch was an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Evanston, Illinois."
tagline: "American hurdler (1898–1964)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1898-12-12"
deathDate: "1964-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.33660933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوجوسانت ديستش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%B3%DA%86"
    title: "اگوست دسچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5"
    title: "オーガスト・デッシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Desch"
    title: "August Desch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%88%2C_%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Деш, Огаст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q761105"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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