# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-ritty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:38:54.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-ritty"
name: "James Ritty"
slug: "james-ritty"
description: "James Jacob Ritty, saloonkeeper and inventor, is known as the inventor of one of the earliest cash registers."
tagline: "American inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Jacob_Ritty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1836-10-29"
deathDate: "1918-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.96
  momentum:             2.608695652173913
  historical:           7.417424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ritty"
    title: "James Ritty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ritty"
    title: "James Ritty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ritty"
    title: "James Ritty"
    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%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3"
    title: "ジェームズ・リッティ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ritty"
    title: "James Ritty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jacob_Ritty"
    title: "James Jacob Ritty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Ритти, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ritty"
    title: "James Ritty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321777"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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