# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/spyridon-louis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:37:55.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/spyridon-louis"
name: "Spyridon Louis"
slug: "spyridon-louis"
description: "Spyridon Louis, commonly known as Spyros Louis, was a Greek water carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Following his victory, he was celebrated as a national hero."
tagline: "Greek athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spiridon1.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1873-01-12"
deathDate: "1940-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.85839733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1398486/"
    handle:    "nm1398486"
sources:
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    title: "Spyridōn Louīs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "سپيريدون لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Спірыдон Луіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Спиридон Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyr%C3%ADdon_Lo%C3%BAis"
    title: "Spyrídon Loúis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spir%C3%ADdon_Lu%C3%AFs"
    title: "Spirídon Luïs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridon_Luis"
    title: "Spyridon Luis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridon_Louis"
    title: "Spyridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%80%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Σπύρος Λούης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridon_Louis"
    title: "Spyridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyr%C3%ADdon_Lo%C3%BAis"
    title: "Spyrídon Loúis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "اسپریدون لوئیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyr%C3%ADdon_Lo%C3%BAis"
    title: "Spyrídon Loúis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyr%C3%ADdon_Lo%C3%BAis"
    title: "Spyrídon Loúis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "ספירידון לואיס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%88"
    title: "स्पिरिडिन लुई"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Louis"
    title: "Spiridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%BA%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%BD"
    title: "Սպիրիդոն Լուիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridon_Louis"
    title: "Spyridon Louis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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