# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/floyd-roberts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:17:07.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/floyd-roberts"
name: "Floyd Roberts"
slug: "floyd-roberts"
description: "Floyd Marion Roberts was an American racing driver. He won the 1938 Indianapolis 500 with a then-record speed of 117.2 mph (188.6 km/h). He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, Roberts was killed in a crash. He was the first defending champion of the race to have been killed in competition."
tagline: "American racing driver (1900-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Floyd_Roberts_1934.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1900-02-12"
deathDate: "1939-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.681174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Roberts"
    title: "Floyd Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "فلويد روبرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Roberts"
    title: "Floyd Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Roberts"
    title: "Floyd Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Roberts"
    title: "Floyd Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Roberts"
    title: "Floyd Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2693760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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