# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-larkin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:08.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-larkin"
name: "James Larkin"
slug: "james-larkin"
description: "James Larkin, sometimes known as Jim Larkin or Big Jim, was an Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader. He was one of the founders of the Irish Labour Party along with James Connolly and William O'Brien, and later the founder of the Irish Worker League, as well as the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) and the Workers' Union of Ireland. Along with Connolly and Jack White, he was also a founder of the Irish Citizen Army. Larkin was a leading figure in the Syndicalist movement."
tagline: "Irish socialist and trade union leader (1876–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larkin-1919_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1876-01-21"
deathDate: "1947-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.3
  momentum:             5.377677564825255
  historical:           16.542632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Larkin"
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    title: "James Larkin"
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    title: "James Larkin"
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    title: "James Larkin"
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    title: "Джеймс Ларкин"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump