# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-depalma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:41:33.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-depalma"
name: "Ralph DePalma"
slug: "ralph-depalma"
description: "Raffaele \"Ralph\" DePalma was an American racing driver who won the 1915 Indianapolis 500. DePalma won the 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911 American AAA national dirt track championships and is credited with winning 25 American Championship car races. He won the Canadian national championship in 1929. DePalma estimated that he had earned $1.5 million by 1934 after racing for 27 years. He is inducted in numerous halls of fame. He competed on boards and dirt road courses and ovals."
tagline: "Italian-American racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph_DePalma_1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1882-12-19"
deathDate: "1956-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.07953443258972
  historical:           13.20043733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220000/"
    handle:    "nm0220000"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "رالف دى بالما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_De_Palma"
    title: "Ralph De Palma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma"
    title: "Ralph DePalma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388628"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3475859"
    title: "Ralph De Palma"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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