# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-w-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:02:51.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-w-davis"
name: "Jacob W. Davis"
slug: "jacob-w-davis"
description: "Jacob William Davis was a Russian-American tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans. Growing up in Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well. He invented jeans by using sturdy cloth and rivets to strengthen weak points in the seams, and partnered with Levi Strauss to mass-produce them."
tagline: "American tailor (1831–1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_W._Davis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1831-05-14"
deathDate: "1908-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.766990291262136
  historical:           16.57208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump