# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-edward-sullivan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:35.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-edward-sullivan"
name: "James Edward Sullivan"
slug: "james-edward-sullivan"
description: "James Edward Sullivan was an American sports official of Irish descent. He was one of the founders of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) on Jan 21, 1888, serving as its secretary from 1889 until 1906 when he was elected as President of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1906 to 1909. He declined a fourth term and was re-elected to his former position as secretary-treasurer until his sudden death which followed an emergency operation. Sullivan also served as the chairman of the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association in 1903 and on the New York City Board of Education from 1908 to 1912. In 1911 he served as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission."
tagline: "American sports official (1862–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Edward_Sullivan_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1862-11-18"
deathDate: "1914-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.282614666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Edward Sullivan"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Sullivan"
    title: "James E. Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Sullivan"
    title: "James Edward Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Sullivan"
    title: "James Edward Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Sullivan"
    title: "James Edward Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EC%97%90%EB%93%9C%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%EC%84%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%B2%88"
    title: "제임스 에드워드 설리번"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump