# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-bata
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:34:14.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-bata"
name: "Thomas J. Bata"
slug: "thomas-j-bata"
description: "Tomáš Jan Baťa,, also known as Thomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml., was a Czech-Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 80s."
tagline: "Czech-born Canadian businessman (1914–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_-_Ba%C5%A5a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1914-09-17"
deathDate: "2008-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.469192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_J._Ba%C5%A5a"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "توماس جيه باتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Ba%C5%A5a_mlad%C5%A1%C3%AD"
    title: "Tomáš Baťa mladší"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Bata"
    title: "Thomas J. Bata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_John_Ba%C5%A5a"
    title: "Tomáš John Baťa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Jan_Ba%C5%A5a"
    title: "Tomáš Jan Baťa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Ba%C5%A5a_ml."
    title: "Tomáš Baťa ml."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88_%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8F"
    title: "Томаш Ян Батя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972548"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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