# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:00.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-ross"
name: "Donald Ross"
slug: "donald-ross"
description: "Donald James Ross was a Scottish professional golfer and golf course designer. Ross was born and raised in Scotland but moved to the United States as a young man. Ross designed dozens of courses across North America and is generally regarded as one of the top golf course designers of all time."
tagline: "Professional golfer, golf course architect (1872–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald_Ross_1905.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1872-11-23"
deathDate: "1948-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.86
  momentum:             0.4647887323943661
  historical:           5.790794666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ross_(golf_course_architect)"
    title: "Donald Ross (golf course architect)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "دونالد روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ross"
    title: "Donald Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ross_(golfista)"
    title: "Donald Ross (golfista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ross_(golf)"
    title: "Donald Ross (golf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ross"
    title: "Donald Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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