# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-tour
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:32.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-tour"
name: "James Tour"
slug: "james-tour"
description: "James Mitchell Tour is an American chemist, nanotechnologist and intelligent design proponent. He is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, where he is also a joint professor of materials science and nanotechnology."
tagline: "American chemist and creationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor_James_Tour.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: "1959-08-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.09769972792480831
  historical:           9.89394
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 113
totalFollowers: 249000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/DrJamesTour"
    handle:    "DrJamesTour"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/drjamestour/"
    handle:    "drjamestour"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/drjamestour"
    handle:    "drjamestour"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8671494/"
    handle:    "nm8671494"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jmtour.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColdwL6T062LNo65OHngXAQ"
    handle:    "@drjamestour"
    followers: 249000
sources:
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    title: "Джеймс Мітчелл Тур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس تور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس تور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tour"
    title: "James Tour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tour"
    title: "James Tour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tour"
    title: "James Tour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جیمز تور"
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    title: "Ջեյմս Թուր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tour"
    title: "James Tour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tour"
    title: "James Tour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11206500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6067640"
    title: "James Tour"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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