# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marshall-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:24:29.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marshall-taylor"
name: "Marshall Taylor"
slug: "marshall-taylor"
description: "Marshall Walter \"Major\" Taylor was an American professional cyclist. He has been called \"the first Black American global sports superstar.\""
tagline: "American racing cyclist (1878-1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major_Taylor%2C_1906-1907.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1878-11-26"
deathDate: "1932-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://majortaylor.biz/"
sources:
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    title: "Marshall Major Taylor"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Taylor"
    title: "Marshall Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor"
    title: "Major Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor"
    title: "Major Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor"
    title: "Major Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Major_Taylor"
    title: "Marshall Major Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Major Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor"
    title: "Major Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marshall Taylor"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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