# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-thomson-shotwell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:36:52.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-thomson-shotwell"
name: "James Thomson Shotwell"
slug: "james-thomson-shotwell"
description: "James Thomson Shotwell was a Canadian-born American history professor. He played an instrumental role in the creation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1919, as well as for his influence in promoting inclusion of a declaration of human rights in the UN Charter."
tagline: "Canadian-American historian (1874–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-0095%2C_James_Shotwell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1874-08-06"
deathDate: "1965-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             15.25974025974026
  historical:           5.474226666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Shotwell"
    title: "James T. Shotwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيمس تومسون شوتويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Shotwell"
    title: "James T. Shotwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Shotwell"
    title: "James T. Shotwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shotwell"
    title: "James Shotwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Shotwell"
    title: "Iacobus Shotwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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