# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-hargreaves
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:42.625Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-hargreaves"
name: "James Hargreaves"
slug: "james-hargreaves"
description: "James Hargreaves was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764."
tagline: "English cotton weaver; inventor of the spinning jenny"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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birthDate: "1720-12-13"
deathDate: "1778-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump