# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melville-spence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:40:13.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melville-spence"
name: "Melville Spence"
slug: "melville-spence"
description: "Melville Spence was a Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of Mal Spence, an Olympic sprint medalist."
tagline: "Jamaican sprinter and middle-distance runner"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1936-01-02"
deathDate: "2012-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.7
  momentum:             6.785714285714286
  historical:           7.603384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Мелвілл Спенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميل سبينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Spence"
    title: "Melville Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Spence"
    title: "Mel Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Spence"
    title: "Melville Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Spence"
    title: "Mel Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Spence"
    title: "Melville Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Спенс, Мелвилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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