# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rich-ferguson
# Generated: 2026-08-20T21:50:10.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rich-ferguson"
name: "Rich Ferguson"
slug: "rich-ferguson"
description: "Richard K. Ferguson was a bronze medal winner and Canadian record breaker in the \"Miracle Mile\" race at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, born in Calgary. He attended the University of Iowa. He won the Lionel Conacher Award in 1954. His son, with Canadian swimmer Kathleen McNamee, is Australian-born Canadian actor John Pyper-Ferguson."
tagline: "Track athlete (1931-1986)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1931-08-03"
deathDate: "1986-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.935493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ferguson"
    title: "Rich Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ferguson"
    title: "Rich Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ferguson_(runner)"
    title: "Rich Ferguson (runner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ferguson"
    title: "Rich Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7323252"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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