# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-mills
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:17.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-mills"
name: "Billy Mills"
slug: "billy-mills"
description: "William Mervin Mills, also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event. He was the first non-European to win the Olympic event and remains the only winner from the Americas. He was also a United States Marine officer."
tagline: "American Olympic athlete (born 1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Mills_and_Mohammed_Gammoudi_1964.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1938-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.88618933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  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