# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-doolittle
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:25.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-doolittle"
name: "Jimmy Doolittle"
slug: "jimmy-doolittle"
description: "James Harold \"Jimmy\" Doolittle was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He made early coast-to-coast flights and record-breaking speed flights, won many flying races, and helped develop and flight-test instrument flying. According to the FAA, he was the first pilot ever to perform a successful instrument flight."
tagline: "American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1896-12-14"
deathDate: "1993-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump