# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-hanks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:39:14.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-hanks"
name: "Sam Hanks"
slug: "sam-hanks"
description: "Samuel Dwight Hanks was an American racing driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Championship cars."
tagline: "American racing driver (1914-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Hanks_1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1914-07-13"
deathDate: "1994-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.19
  momentum:             24.66974900924703
  historical:           14.72027066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "سام هانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "سام هانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanks"
    title: "Sam Hanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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