# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-hightower
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:19.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-hightower"
name: "Jim Hightower"
slug: "jim-hightower"
description: "James Allen Hightower is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author."
tagline: "Texas author and liberal political activist (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Hightower_2015_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1943-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             16.54191616766467
  historical:           6.922178666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jimhightower"
    handle:    "jimhightower"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1592102/"
    handle:    "nm1592102"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2714416"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چيم هيجتوير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جیم هیقتوور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hightower"
    title: "Jim Hightower"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hightower"
    title: "Jim Hightower"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85_%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D9%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جم ہائی ٹاور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_Hightower"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6680043e-a587-473f-8a3e-69aea263d422"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6195639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1025681"
    title: "Jim Hightower"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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