# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-gourdin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:00.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-gourdin"
name: "Edward Gourdin"
slug: "edward-gourdin"
description: "Edward Orval Gourdin was an American athlete and jurist. He was the first man in history to make 25 feet in the long jump and the first African-American and the first self-identified Native American to be appointed a Superior Court judge in New England."
tagline: "Athletics competitor; Massachusetts Superior Court judge (1897–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Gourdin_1924.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1897-08-10"
deathDate: "1966-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.78
  momentum:             1.86046511627907
  historical:           11.13884133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ادوارد جوردين"
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    title: "Edward Gourdin"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
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    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد گوردین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gourdin"
    title: "Edward Gourdin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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