# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-fitch-q172492
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:31.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-fitch-q172492"
name: "John Fitch"
slug: "john-fitch-q172492"
description: "John Cooper Fitch was an American racing driver and inventor. He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the post-war era."
tagline: "Racecar driver"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1917-08-04"
deathDate: "2012-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             13.26519916142558
  historical:           12.97203333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280013/"
    handle:    "nm0280013"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(racerf%C3%B6rare)"
    title: "John Fitch (racerförare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_(%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "جون فيتش (سائق فورمولا 1 من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(Rennfahrer)"
    title: "John Fitch (Rennfahrer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(racing_driver)"
    title: "John Fitch (racing driver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%86_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87)"
    title: "جان فیچ (راننده مسابقه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(kilpa-autoilija)"
    title: "John Fitch (kilpa-autoilija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(pilote_automobile)"
    title: "John Fitch (pilote automobile)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(aut%C3%B3versenyz%C5%91)"
    title: "John Fitch (autóversenyző)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Fitch"
    title: "John Cooper Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1732228"
    title: "John Fitch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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