# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-butterfield
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:44.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-butterfield"
name: "Jim Butterfield"
slug: "jim-butterfield"
description: "Frank James Butterfield, was a Canadian computer programmer, author, and television personality known for his work with early microcomputers. He is particularly noted for associations with Commodore Business Machines and the Toronto PET Users Group, for many books and articles on machine language programming, and for educational videos and TV programs."
tagline: "Canadian computer programmer (1936-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Butterfield_speaking_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-02-14"
deathDate: "2007-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.67
  momentum:             1.740721380031364
  historical:           4.761712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pathcom.com/~fjb/Personal%20Computers.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جيم باترفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جيم باترفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butterfield"
    title: "Jim Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "ジム・バターフィールド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butterfield"
    title: "Jim Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6193962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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