# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-root
# Generated: 2026-09-07T14:54:48.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-root"
name: "Jack Root"
slug: "jack-root"
description: "John Arthur Root, born as Jan Rut and known professionally as Jack Root was an American boxer. He was the first world light heavyweight champion as well as a challenger for the world heavyweight title. He fought out of Chicago. He was elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011."
tagline: "American boxer (1876-1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Root.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1876-05-26"
deathDate: "1963-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.37
  momentum:             0.0273972602739726
  historical:           7.213176000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جاك روت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Root"
    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Root"
    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Root"
    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Root"
    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Root"
    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Root"
    title: "Jack Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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