# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-byrd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:30:14.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-byrd"
name: "Richard Byrd"
slug: "richard-byrd"
description: "Richard Leslie Byrd was an American athlete and baseball player who won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the standing high jump, eighth in the standing long jump and 17th in the two handed discus throw event. At the same Olympics, he also was a member of USA national baseball team, which competed in a single baseball match held as a demonstration sport."
tagline: "American discus thrower (1892–1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1912_Richard_Byrd.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1892-05-16"
deathDate: "1958-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.00324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(friidrottare)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (friidrottare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "ريتشارد بيرد (منافس العاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd"
    title: "Richard Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(athlete)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(atleta)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (atleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ریچارد برد (ورزشکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(athl%C3%A9tisme)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (athlétisme)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd"
    title: "Richard Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89_(%E9%99%B8%E4%B8%8A%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "リチャード・バード (陸上選手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd"
    title: "Richard Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(friidrettsut%C3%B8ver)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (friidrettsutøver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(lekkoatleta)"
    title: "Richard Byrd (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82)"
    title: "Бёрд, Ричард (легкоатлет)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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