# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russ-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:50.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russ-adams"
name: "Russ Adams"
slug: "russ-adams"
description: "Russ Adams was an American photographer. He was called by his peers the \"dean\" of modern tennis photography. In a Boston Globe profile of Russ Adams regarding his July 2007 induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, Billie Jean King stated: \"Russ is a national treasure. He's our dean, our guru, our guardian. Believe me, the players look for him and love him.\""
tagline: "American photojournalist (1930–2017)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1930-07-30"
deathDate: "2017-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.46
  momentum:             2.363636363636364
  historical:           5.669114666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Adams"
    title: "Russ Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "راسيل آدامز (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "روس آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Adams"
    title: "Russ Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Adams_(photographer)"
    title: "Russ Adams (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Adams"
    title: "Russ Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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