# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-rector
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:22:20.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-rector"
name: "James Rector"
slug: "james-rector"
description: "John \"James\" Alcorn Rector was an American athlete. He was the first Arkansas-born athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. While competing he was a University of Virginia student and went there to train with Pop Lannigan."
tagline: "American athlete (1884-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesRector.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1884-06-22"
deathDate: "1949-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.77
  momentum:             2.514285714285715
  historical:           15.47455066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "詹姆斯·雷克托"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چيمس ريكتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جیمز رکتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    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%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジェームズ・レクター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제임스 렉터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rector"
    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Ректор, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Rector"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Ректор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52042"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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