# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iris-cummings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:32.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iris-cummings"
name: "Iris Cummings"
slug: "iris-cummings"
description: "Iris Cummings, also known by her married name Iris Critchell, was an American aviator and competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. After an active athletic career in swimming, which included a reign as U.S. national 200-meter breaststroke champion from 1936 to 1939, she was accepted into the University of Southern California's first Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1939. After graduation, she worked as a flight instructor prior to being selected to serve her country during World War II as a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Following the conflict, she returned to California, where she developed and taught a curriculum on civilian flight for veterans returning from the war at the University of Southern California."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic athlete, aviator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iris_Cummings_1944c.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1920-12-21"
deathDate: "2025-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.677106666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Cummings"
    title: "Iris Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3"
    title: "ايريس كومينجس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "ئایریس کەمینگز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Critchell"
    title: "Iris Critchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Cummings"
    title: "Iris Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "آیریس کامینگز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Cummings"
    title: "Iris Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Cummings"
    title: "Iris Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Каммингс, Айрис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13561627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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