# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-starley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:47:04.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-starley"
name: "James Starley"
slug: "james-starley"
description: "James Starley was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. He was one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles. His inventions include the differential gear, the perfection of the bicycle chain drive, and the penny-farthing."
tagline: "British businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Starley_Memorial%2C_Coventry_Aug._2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1831-04-21"
deathDate: "1881-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.031284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "جيمس ستارلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    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%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジェームズ・スターレー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Starley"
    title: "James Starley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Старли, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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