# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:13:54.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-edwards"
name: "Harry Edwards"
slug: "harry-edwards"
description: "Harry Thomas Edwards is an American sociologist and civil rights activist. After working as an assistant professor of sociology at San Jose State College, he completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University and is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Edwards' career has focused on the experiences of African-American athletes. He is widely regarded as the father of the field of sociology of sport, and is considered a leading authority on its intersection with diversity."
tagline: "Author, activist, and sociologist of sport"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Edwards_13623-149.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: "1942-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.13
  momentum:             0.5812220566318927
  historical:           5.717786666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250035/"
    handle:    "nm0250035"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Edwards_(Soziologe)"
    title: "Harry Edwards (Soziologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2_(%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A)"
    title: "هاري إدواردز (أستاذ جامعي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "هارى ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Edwards"
    title: "Harry Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Edwards_(sociologist)"
    title: "Harry Edwards (sociologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Edwards_(sociologue)"
    title: "Harry Edwards (sociologue)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5668611"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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