# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynne-cox
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:12:32.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynne-cox"
name: "Lynne Cox"
slug: "lynne-cox"
description: "Lynne Cox is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker. She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, across the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev."
tagline: "American swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lynne_Cox.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.46
  momentum:             13.58934169278997
  historical:           17.57279466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.lynnecox.com"
sources:
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    title: "Lynne Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynne Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynne Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynne Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynne Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynne Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump