# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-held
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:59:07.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-held"
name: "Bud Held"
slug: "bud-held"
description: "Franklin Wesley \"Bud\" Held is an American athlete primarily notable for his performance throwing the javelin. He was born in Los Angeles, California."
tagline: "American athlete, Javelin Thrower, Pole Vaulter, Sports Equipment Inventor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.004032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Held"
    title: "Franklin Held"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "باد هيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "باد هيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Held"
    title: "Bud Held"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Held"
    title: "Bud Held"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Held"
    title: "Bud Held"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Held"
    title: "Franklin Held"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Held"
    title: "Bud Held"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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