# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-a-allison
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:47.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-a-allison"
name: "James A. Allison"
slug: "james-a-allison"
description: "James Asbury Allison was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the inventor of the Allison Perfection Fountain Pen and with Carl G. Fisher, founded Prest-O-Lite, a manufacturer of automobile headlights. Also with Fisher, Frank H. Wheeler, and Arthur C. Newby he was a founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500. Allison formed the Indianapolis Speedway Team Company later known as the Allison Experimental Company, and later as the Allison Engine Company which was eventually purchased by General Motors after Allison's death becoming the Allison Division of General Motors, a manufacturer of automotive transmissions, aircraft engines, truck engines, and other products."
tagline: "American entrepreneur and businessman (1872-1928)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1872-08-11"
deathDate: "1928-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.66
  momentum:             2.313323572474378
  historical:           5.696942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ashbury_Allison"
    title: "James Ashbury Allison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A3._%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس أ. أليسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7._%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس ا. اليسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Allison_(empres%C3%A1rio)"
    title: "James Allison (empresário)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Allison"
    title: "James A. Allison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Allison"
    title: "James A. Allison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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