# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-reid
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:16:33.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-reid"
name: "Jimmy Reid"
slug: "jimmy-reid"
description: "James Reid was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition. He later served as Rector of the University of Glasgow and subsequently became a journalist and broadcaster. Formerly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Reid was later a member of the Labour Party. He moved on to supporting the Scottish Socialist Party in the late 1990s, then joined the Scottish National Party in 2005 and gave his full support to the idea of Scottish independence. He died in 2010 after a long illness."
tagline: "British politician (1932-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/At_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_(2)_(geograph_4662587)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1932-07-09"
deathDate: "2010-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.855692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reid"
    title: "Jimmy Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيمي ريد (سياسي بريطاني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "جيمى ريد (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimmi_Rid"
    title: "Cimmi Rid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reid"
    title: "Jimmy Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reid"
    title: "Jimmy Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reid"
    title: "Jimmy Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reid"
    title: "Jimmy Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3363686"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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