# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-james-q1369409
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:11:00.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-james-q1369409"
name: "Thomas James"
slug: "thomas-james-q1369409"
description: "Captain Thomas James was a Welsh sailor, navigator and explorer, who set out to discover the Northwest Passage, the hoped for ocean route around the top of North America to Asia."
tagline: "British explorer (1593–1635)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Strange_and_Dangerous_Voyage_(Thomas_James%2C_1633)_-_3_foldout_map_The_Platt_of_Sayling_-_2_The_True_Portraict.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1593"
deathDate: "1635"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.409468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Джеймс, Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James"
    title: "Thomas James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(1593%E2%80%931635)"
    title: "Thomas James (1593–1635)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James"
    title: "Thomas James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(Seefahrer)"
    title: "Thomas James (Seefahrer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(sea_captain)"
    title: "Thomas James (sea captain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James"
    title: "Thomas James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(capitaine)"
    title: "Thomas James (capitaine)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(seefarder)"
    title: "Thomas James (seefarder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(zeevaarder)"
    title: "Thomas James (zeevaarder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James"
    title: "Thomas James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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