# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-e-norris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:00:50.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-e-norris"
name: "James E. Norris"
slug: "james-e-norris"
description: "James E. Norris was a Canadian-American businessman, operating companies in the grain and cattle industries, and owner of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. He also had significant ownership interests in the Chicago Black Hawks and the New York Rangers. He is often referred to as James Norris Sr., to distinguish him from his son, James D. Norris. Norris is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, as are his sons James and Bruce Norris."
tagline: "American sports businessman (1879–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_E_Norris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1879-12-10"
deathDate: "1952-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.720810666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Norris"
    title: "James E. Norris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جيمس إي. نوريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جيمس اى. نوريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Норрис, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Norris_Sr."
    title: "James Norris Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Norris"
    title: "James E. Norris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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