# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mccune-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:03.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mccune-smith"
name: "James McCune Smith"
slug: "james-mccune-smith"
description: "James McCune Smith was an American medical doctor, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland, where a building has been dedicated to him. After his return to the United States, he also became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation."
tagline: "American physician and abolitionist (1813-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_McCune_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1813-04-18"
deathDate: "1865-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.867644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 242
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "جيمس مكون سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز مک کین اسمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCune_Smith"
    title: "James McCune Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCune_Smith"
    title: "James McCune Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCune_Smith"
    title: "James McCune Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%90%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DA%A9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%90%D9%BC"
    title: "جېمز مک کیون سمېټ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump