# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:20:50.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-james"
name: "James James"
slug: "james-james"
description: "James James (1832–1902) was a Welsh harpist and musician from Hollybush, Blackwood, Wales. He composed the tune of the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad fy Nhadau. Today, the same tune is also used for the Breton anthem, Bro Gozh ma Zadoù, and the Cornish anthem, Bro Goth agan Tasow."
tagline: "Welsh musician and harpist; author of the Welsh National Anthem (1832–1902)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_James_composer_of_the_music_of_'Hen_wlad_fy_nhadau'_(5292122)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1832-11-04"
deathDate: "1902"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.351225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1199867"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_James"
    title: "James James"
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  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_James"
    title: "James James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_James"
    title: "James James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_James"
    title: "James James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_James"
    title: "James James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iago_ap_Ieuan"
    title: "Iago ap Ieuan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ジェームズ・ジェームズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_James"
    title: "James James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63278a56-0c34-4e6c-bc1f-ddbccc448fd2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161184"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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