# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jess-willard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:14.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jess-willard"
name: "Jess Willard"
slug: "jess-willard"
description: "Jess Myron Willard was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant. He won the world heavyweight title in 1915 by knocking out Jack Johnson."
tagline: "American boxer (1881–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jess_Willard_1915.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1881-12-29"
deathDate: "1968-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.46
  momentum:             11.62976502598128
  historical:           17.25458666666667
  currentAttention:     1.08
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 206
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929614/"
    handle:    "nm0929614"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard (Boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Willard"
    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Willard"
    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جس ویلارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Willard"
    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェス・ウィラード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Willard"
    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уиллард, Джесс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jess Willard"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471845"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150057"
    title: "Jess Willard"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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