# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-marshall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:08.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-marshall"
name: "James W. Marshall"
slug: "james-w-marshall"
description: "James Wilson Marshall was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento. His discovery was the impetus for the California gold rush. The mill property was owned by Johann (John) Sutter who employed Marshall to build his mill. The wave of gold seekers turned everyone's attention away from the mill which eventually fell into disrepair and was never used as intended. Neither Marshall nor Sutter ever profited from the gold find."
tagline: "American cabinetmaker,doctor of the California Gold Rush (1810-1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Marshall2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1810-10-08"
deathDate: "1885-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.67250933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James W. Marshall"
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    title: "James W. Marshall"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump