# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-r-jordan-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:54:45.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-r-jordan-sr"
name: "James R. Jordan, Sr."
slug: "james-r-jordan-sr"
description: "James Raymond Jordan Sr. was the father of former basketball player and businessman Michael Jordan."
tagline: "Murder victim, father of basketball player Michael Jordan (1936-1993)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1936-07-31"
deathDate: "1993-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.28
  momentum:             0.886035459696582
  historical:           4.990961333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B1._%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس ر. جوردن سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Jordan_Sr."
    title: "James R. Jordan Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Jordan_Sr."
    title: "James R. Jordan Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jordan_(p%C3%A8re_de_Michael_Jordan)"
    title: "James Jordan (père de Michael Jordan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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