# James Hemings

> James Hemings was the first American to train as a chef in France. Three-quarters white in ancestry, he was born into slavery in Virginia in 1765. At eight years old, he was purchased by Thomas Jefferson at his residence of Monticello.

*American chef and enslaved person*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-hemings

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Chef
- **Category:** Chefs
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1765
- **Died:** 1801
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 20.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 3.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 68.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #112

## Sources
- [James Hemings](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hemings)
- [James Hemings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hemings)
- [James Hemings](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hemings)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6135835)

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