# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-drake
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:50.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-drake"
name: "Jim Drake"
slug: "jim-drake"
description: "Jim Drake was an American aeronautical engineer who invented the sport of windsurfing. In 1967, Drake designed, built, and successfully tested the first modern windsurfer, introducing the free-sail system, which allows the rider’s body to control both the power of the sail and direction of the board without a rudder, which is a steering device found on traditional sailboats. In 1968, he co-patented his design and co-founded the sport's first company, Windsurfing International, contributing the core foundation to the global development of the sport."
tagline: "American aerospace engineer (1929–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Jim_Drake_%28engineer%29.jpg"
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: "1929-01-08"
deathDate: "2012-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.44
  momentum:             22.89915966386555
  historical:           4.615336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "جيم دريك (مهندس فضاء جوى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Drake"
    title: "Jim Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Drake_(engineer)"
    title: "Jim Drake (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Drake_(ing%C3%A9nieur)"
    title: "Jim Drake (ingénieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Drake"
    title: "Jim Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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