# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodger-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:58.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodger-ward"
name: "Rodger Ward"
slug: "rodger-ward"
description: "Rodger Morris Ward was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known for winning two National Championships, and two Indianapolis 500s, both in 1959 and 1962. He also won the AAA National Stock Car Championship in 1951."
tagline: "American racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bandini_fjunior.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1921-01-10"
deathDate: "2004-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.17
  momentum:             10
  historical:           14.09954
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Rodger Ward"
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    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Ward"
    title: "Rodger Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rodger Ward"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump