# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-m-gavin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:23:51.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-m-gavin"
name: "James M. Gavin"
slug: "james-m-gavin"
description: "James Maurice Gavin, sometimes called \"Jumpin' Jim\" and \"the jumping general\", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as \"The Jumping General\" because of his practice of taking part in combat jumps with the paratroopers under his command; he was the only American general officer to make four combat jumps in the war."
tagline: "Former lieutenant general, United States Army (1907–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_M._Gavin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1907-03-22"
deathDate: "1990-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump