# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-jacobs-q690597
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:23.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-jacobs-q690597"
name: "David Jacobs"
slug: "david-jacobs-q690597"
description: "David Henry Jacobs was a Welsh-born track and field sprinter. He was the first British Jew to win an Olympic gold medal."
tagline: "Jewish British sprinter who won a gold medal at the Olympic games (1888–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Jacobs_1913.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1888-04-30"
deathDate: "1976-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.35594133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "戴维·雅各布斯"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Jacobs (Welsh athlete)"
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    title: "David Jacobs"
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    title: "David Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Jacobs (atleta)"
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    title: "Джекобс, Дэвид"
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    title: "Девід Джекобс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump