# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/percy-sutton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:41.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/percy-sutton"
name: "Percy Sutton"
slug: "percy-sutton"
description: "Percy Ellis Sutton was an American political and business leader. An activist in the Civil Rights Movement and lawyer, he was also a Freedom Rider and the legal representative for Malcolm X. He was the highest-ranking African-American elected official in New York City when he was Manhattan borough president from 1966 to 1977, the longest tenure at that position. He later became an entrepreneur whose investments included the New York Amsterdam News and the Apollo Theater in Harlem."
tagline: "American politician in New York (1920-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Percy_Sutton_2001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1920-11-24"
deathDate: "2009-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.06
  momentum:             6.085409252669041
  historical:           6.183301333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840377/"
    handle:    "nm0840377"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Sutton"
    title: "Percy Sutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيرسي سوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيرسى سوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پرسی سوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Sutton"
    title: "Percy Sutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Sutton"
    title: "Percy Sutton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2666555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3600811"
    title: "Percy Sutton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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