# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:47:51.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-adams"
name: "Bud Adams"
slug: "bud-adams"
description: "Kenneth Stanley \"Bud\" Adams Jr. was an American businessman who was the founder and owner of the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL), of which he was also a co-founder. The franchise eventually was moved to Nashville, where it was renamed the Tennessee Titans, a National Football League (NFL) franchise. A member of the Cherokee Nation who originally made his fortune in the petroleum business, Adams was chairman and CEO of Adams Resources & Energy Inc., a wholesale supplier of oil and natural gas. He was instrumental in the founding and establishment of the former American Football League (AFL)."
tagline: "American football executive, owner (1923–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bud_Adams_1964.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1923-01-03"
deathDate: "2013-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.45
  momentum:             6.163723916532907
  historical:           5.775710666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Adams"
    title: "Bud Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "باد آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Adams"
    title: "Bud Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Adams"
    title: "Bud Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Adams"
    title: "Bud Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Adams"
    title: "Bud Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4983763"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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