# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naomi-james
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:42:27.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naomi-james"
name: "Naomi James"
slug: "naomi-james"
description: "Dame Naomi Christine James, DBE is the first woman to have sailed single-handed around the world via Cape Horn, the second woman to have ever sailed solo around the world. She departed Dartmouth, Devon on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus improving Sir Francis Chichester's solo round-the-world sailing record by two days."
tagline: "New Zealand yacht racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naomi_James.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1949-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.018432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7523474/"
    handle:    "nm7523474"
sources:
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    title: "Наоми Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ناعومي جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "نعومى جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нейъми Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_James"
    title: "Naomi James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_James"
    title: "Naomi James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_James"
    title: "Naomi James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_James"
    title: "Naomi James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Christine_James"
    title: "Naomi Christine James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_James"
    title: "Naomi James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6964651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1542899"
    title: "Naomi James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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