# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dwight-filley-davis-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:38:41.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dwight-filley-davis-sr"
name: "Dwight Filley Davis Sr."
slug: "dwight-filley-davis-sr"
description: "Dwight Filley Davis Sr. was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929."
tagline: "American politician and tennis player (1879–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dwight_Davis%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1879-07-05"
deathDate: "1945-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump