# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-lee-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:52:47.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-lee-wells"
name: "James Lee Wells"
slug: "james-lee-wells"
description: "James Lee Wells was an American businessman and politician. He became known as Father of The Bronx, a title which was officially conferred on him by the Bronx Board of Trade in May 1921."
tagline: "(1843-1928) American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_L_Wells.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1843"
deathDate: "1928-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.45
  momentum:             1.282051282051282
  historical:           3.934917333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جيمس إل. ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جيمس ال. ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Wells"
    title: "James L. Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Wells"
    title: "James L. Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16030468"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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