# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-rathmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:44.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-rathmann"
name: "Jim Rathmann"
slug: "jim-rathmann"
description: "Royal Richard \"Jim\" Rathmann, was an American racing driver who competed primarily in Championship Cars. Rathmann is best known for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, emerging victorious after a race-long duel with Rodger Ward – as recently as 2023, a panel of fans and historians voted Rathmann's victory as the greatest '500' of all time. In Europe he is well-known for winning the 1958 Race of Two Worlds."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1928-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indy500winningcar1960.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: "1928-07-16"
deathDate: "2011-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.05
  momentum:             5.330578512396695
  historical:           13.36004533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jim Rathmann"
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    title: "Jim Rathmann"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جیم رتمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
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  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rathmann"
    title: "Jim Rathmann"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172510"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump