# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jorge-b-vargas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:16:05.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jorge-b-vargas"
name: "Jorge B. Vargas"
slug: "jorge-b-vargas"
description: "Jorge Bartolomé Vargas y Celis was a Filipino lawyer, diplomat and youth advocate born in Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines. He graduated valedictorian from Negros Occidental High School in 1909 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 and a Bachelor of Law degree with honors in 1914, both from the University of the Philippines. He was a founding member of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation in 1911 and served in its executive committee in 1918. He served as its second chairman from 1935 to 1955. He was also the first Filipino member of the International Olympic Committee."
tagline: "Filipino diplomat, policitian (1890–1980)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-02-24"
deathDate: "1980-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             4.161846720539696
  historical:           10.12873066666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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