# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jefferson-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:12:27.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jefferson-thomas"
name: "Jefferson Thomas"
slug: "jefferson-thomas"
description: "Jefferson Allison Thomas was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1999, Thomas and the other students of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton."
tagline: "Civil rights activist (1942–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Jefferson_Thomas.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-09-19"
deathDate: "2010-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.697950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2398677/"
    handle:    "nm2398677"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Thomas"
    title: "Jefferson Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جيفرسون توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Thomas"
    title: "Jefferson Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Thomas"
    title: "Jefferson Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Thomas"
    title: "Jefferson Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Thomas"
    title: "Jefferson Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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