# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buck-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:37:44.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buck-baker"
name: "Buck Baker"
slug: "buck-baker"
description: "Elzie Wylie \"Buck\" Baker Sr. was an American stock car racer. Born in Richburg, South Carolina, Baker began his NASCAR career in 1949 and won his first race three years later at Columbia Speedway. Twenty-seven years later, Baker retired after the 1976 National 500."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1919-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BuckBaker1949OldsmobileRocket.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1919-03-04"
deathDate: "2002-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.55
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.71263866666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "باك بيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "باك بيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Baker"
    title: "Buck Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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