# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evan-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:53:00.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evan-james"
name: "Evan James"
slug: "evan-james"
description: "Evan James, was a Welsh weaver and poet from Pontypridd, originally from Caerphilly, Wales, who wrote the lyrics of \"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau\", the national anthem of Wales."
tagline: "Welsh poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Evan_James_(4670936)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1809"
deathDate: "1878-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.6
  momentum:             0.528169014084507
  historical:           6.410764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1199776"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_James"
    title: "Evan James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_James_(b%C3%A1sn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Evan James (básník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_James"
    title: "Evan James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82"
    title: "Έβαν Τζέιμς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_James_(poet)"
    title: "Evan James (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_James_(po%C3%A8te)"
    title: "Evan James (poète)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a59acfe-f64d-4f48-b94b-e72c0afe6fed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3061325"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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