# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mclamore
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:03:36.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mclamore"
name: "James McLamore"
slug: "james-mclamore"
description: "James Whitman McLamore was an American entrepreneur, the founder and first CEO of the Burger King fast food franchise, along with David Edgerton. He also created the Whopper sandwich. After selling Burger King to the Pillsbury Company in 1967, he remained CEO for five years. After retiring, he was on the board of several large corporations, was chairman of the University of Miami, chaired the United Way and was a member and chairman of the Orange Bowl Committee."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JWM_Cover_Option_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1926-05-30"
deathDate: "1996-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.492916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McLamore"
    title: "James McLamore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس ماكلامور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس ماكلامور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McLamore"
    title: "James McLamore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McLamore"
    title: "James McLamore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McLamore"
    title: "James McLamore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McLamore"
    title: "James McLamore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2"
    title: "ジェームズ・マクラモア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323586"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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