# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-rorimer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:33:55.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-rorimer"
name: "James Rorimer"
slug: "james-rorimer"
description: "James Joseph Rorimer, was an American museum curator and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was a primary force behind the creation of the Cloisters, a branch of the museum dedicated to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe. During World War II, Rorimer served in the U.S. Army's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, a.k.a. the \"Monuments Men,\" protecting cultural sites and recovering stolen art work."
tagline: "Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1905-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Rorimer_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1905-09-07"
deathDate: "1966-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.907850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Rorimer"
    title: "James J. Rorimer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rorimer"
    title: "James Rorimer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rorimer"
    title: "James Rorimer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E7%BE%85%E9%87%8C%E9%BB%98"
    title: "詹姆斯·羅里默"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'יימס רורימר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rorimer"
    title: "James Rorimer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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