# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-albert-bonsack
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:53.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-albert-bonsack"
name: "James Albert Bonsack"
slug: "james-albert-bonsack"
description: "James Albert Bonsack was an American inventor who developed an early cigarette rolling machine in 1880, and patented it the following year."
tagline: "American inventor (1859–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Albert_Bonsack_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859-10-09"
deathDate: "1924-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.82185628742515
  historical:           9.661668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
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    title: "جیمز بونساک"
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
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    title: "James Albert Bonsack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Бонсак, Джеймс Альберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump