# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/forrest-hood-james-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-16T02:11:01.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/forrest-hood-james-jr"
name: "Forrest Hood James, Jr."
slug: "forrest-hood-james-jr"
description: "Forrest Hood \"Fob\" James Jr. is an American politician, civil engineer, entrepreneur, and former football player. He served as the 48th governor of Alabama as a Democrat from 1979 to 1983 and again as a Republican from 1995 to 1999."
tagline: "American politician, 48th Governor of Alabama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fob_James.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             3.275862068965518
  historical:           10.15681066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fob_James"
    title: "Fob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "فوريسانت هود چيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "فوب جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fob_James"
    title: "Fob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fob_James"
    title: "Fob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fob_James"
    title: "Fob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Hood_James_Jr."
    title: "Forrest Hood James Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "פוב ג'יימס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Hood_James"
    title: "Forrest Hood James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fob_James"
    title: "Fob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Джеймс, Фоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fob_James"
    title: "Fob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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