# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-earl-rudder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:51:26.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-earl-rudder"
name: "James Earl Rudder"
slug: "james-earl-rudder"
description: "James Earl Rudder was a United States Army major general. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the Pointe du Hoc battle during the Invasion of Normandy. He also commanded the 2nd Ranger Battalion at the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, and led a series of delaying actions and ambushes during the Battle of the Bulge. General Rudder also at various times served as Texas Land Commissioner, the 16th president of Texas A&M University, third president of the Texas A&M University System, mayor of Brady, Texas, and a high school and college teacher and coach. Rudder went by his middle name."
tagline: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1910-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_earl_rudder.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1910-05-06"
deathDate: "1970-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.33
  momentum:             9.865698729582578
  historical:           7.397028000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Rudder"
    title: "James Earl Rudder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "جيمس إيرل رادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چيمس ايرل رودير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Rudder"
    title: "James Earl Rudder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Rudder"
    title: "James Earl Rudder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Rudder"
    title: "James Earl Rudder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Rudder"
    title: "James Earl Rudder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%93%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'יימס ארל ראדר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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