# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-melges
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:14:09.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-melges"
name: "Buddy Melges"
slug: "buddy-melges"
description: "Harry C. \"Buddy\" Melges Jr. was an American competitive sailor. He earned national and international championships in several classes in conventional sailing and ice-boating and is widely regarded as one of the top racing sailors of all time."
tagline: "Sailor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Melges_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1930-01-26"
deathDate: "2023-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.345933333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Бадді Мелджес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Melges"
    title: "Harry Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Melges"
    title: "Buddy Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Melges"
    title: "Buddy Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "بادی ملگس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Melges"
    title: "Harry Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Melges"
    title: "Harry Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Melges"
    title: "Buddy Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Melges"
    title: "Buddy Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Melges"
    title: "Harry Melges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4984914"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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