# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-naismith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:26.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-naismith"
name: "James Naismith"
slug: "james-naismith"
description: "James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball."
tagline: "Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._James_Naismith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1861-11-06"
deathDate: "1939-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.654598013680987
  historical:           22.59925333333334
  currentAttention:     5.16
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  221
  category: 88
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    title: "Ջեյմս Նեյսմիթ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill