# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:57.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-meyer"
name: "Louis Meyer"
slug: "louis-meyer"
description: "Louis Meyer was an American racing driver who was the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He is generally regarded as one of the finest racers of his generation. Meyer is perhaps best known as the driver who started the tradition of drinking milk after winning the Indianapolis 500."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1904–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Meyer_at_the_1928_Indianapolis_500_(cropped).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: "1904-07-21"
deathDate: "1995-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.41
  momentum:             11.26
  historical:           9.68352
  currentAttention:     7.48
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82)"
    title: "لويس ماير (سائق سيارة سباق)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "لويس ماير (سواق عربيات سباق من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer_(pilote_automobile)"
    title: "Louis Meyer (pilote automobile)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer"
    title: "Louis Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2331343"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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