# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-gillis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:58:03.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-gillis"
name: "Simon Gillis"
slug: "simon-gillis"
description: "Simon Peter Gillis was an American track and field athlete, a member of the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City Police Department. He was one of a group of athletes known as the Irish Whales and frequently kept company with members of the Irish American Athletic Club. He competed in weight throwing events in the 1904, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "American hammer and discus thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Gillis_1912.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: "1875-04-06"
deathDate: "1964-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468178666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Simon Gillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "سيمون جيلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "سيمون جيلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gillis"
    title: "Simon Gillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gillis"
    title: "Simon Gillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "سایمون گیلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2287509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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