# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-stevens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:03.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-stevens"
name: "Thomas Stevens"
slug: "thomas-stevens"
description: "Thomas Stevens was an English-American citizen. He is regarded as the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. He rode a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, from April 1884 to December 1886. He later searched for Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, investigated the claims of Indian ascetics and became manager of the Garrick Theatre in London."
tagline: "Round-the-world, cyclist and writer (1854-1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Stevens_bicycle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1854-12-24"
deathDate: "1935-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.243812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Томас Стівенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "توماس ستيفنز (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس ستيفنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Томас Стивънс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(cyklista)"
    title: "Thomas Stevens (cyklista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens"
    title: "Thomas Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(cyclist)"
    title: "Thomas Stevens (cyclist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(ciclista)"
    title: "Thomas Stevens (ciclista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "توماس استیونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens"
    title: "Thomas Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(ciclista)"
    title: "Thomas Stevens (ciclista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Стивенс, Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens"
    title: "Thomas Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens"
    title: "Thomas Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7794200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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