# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-gans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:59:20.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-gans"
name: "Joe Gans"
slug: "joe-gans"
description: "Joe Gans was an American professional boxer. Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer. Known as the \"Old Master,\" Gans became the first African-American world boxing champion of the 20th century, reigning continuously as world lightweight champion from 1902 to 1908, defending the title 15 times against 13 other boxers. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990."
tagline: "American boxer (1874-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoeGans.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: "1874-11-25"
deathDate: "1910-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.62
  momentum:             2.407132243684993
  historical:           12.92678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1181261/"
    handle:    "nm1181261"
sources:
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    title: "Джо Ганс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو غانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو جانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джо Ганс"
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  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Джо Ганс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جو گانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gans"
    title: "Joe Gans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Ганс, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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