# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-luvalle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:58:05.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-luvalle"
name: "James LuValle"
slug: "james-luvalle"
description: "James Ellis LuValle was an American athlete and scientist. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and was an accomplished chemist and founder of the Graduate Students Association at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."
tagline: "American sprinter and chemist (1912-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Godfrey_Brown%2C_Archie_Williams%2C_James_LuValle_1936.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1912-11-10"
deathDate: "1993-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.946905333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "چيمس لوڤال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LuValle"
    title: "Jimmy LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87"
    title: "جیمی لواله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LuValle"
    title: "James LuValle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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