# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mcdonnell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:07:52.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mcdonnell"
name: "James McDonnell"
slug: "james-mcdonnell"
description: "James Smith \"Mac\" McDonnell Jr. was an American aviator, engineer, and businessman. He was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation."
tagline: "American aerospace pioneer (1899–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1966CollierTrophyJames_Smith_McDonnell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
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birthDate: "1899-04-09"
deathDate: "1980-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.80655733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump