# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-haley
# Generated: 2026-08-20T18:57:41.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-haley"
name: "Simon Haley"
slug: "simon-haley"
description: "Simon Alexander Haley was a professor of agriculture and father of writer Alex Haley. He was born in Savannah, Tennessee, to farmer Alexander \"Alec\" Haley and his wife Queen (Davy) Haley. Both his parents were enslaved from birth, and white owners apparently fathered both. Simon attended Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, at age 15."
tagline: "Agriculture professor (1892-1973)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1892-03-08"
deathDate: "1973-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.572933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  29
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Haley"
    title: "Simon Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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