# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-feelings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:35:50.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-feelings"
name: "Tom Feelings"
slug: "tom-feelings"
description: "Tom Feelings was an American artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. Many of his books focus on African-American and African culture, such as To Be a Slave (1968), Jambo Means Hello (1974), and The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (1995)."
tagline: "American cartoonist and illustrator (1933-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_photograph_of_Tom_Feelings_from_the_1968_first-edition_dust_jacket_of_To_Be_a_Slave.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1933-05-19"
deathDate: "2003-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.3
  momentum:             12.75
  historical:           4.206696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3"
    title: "توم فيلينجس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Feelings"
    title: "Tom Feelings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Feelings"
    title: "Tom Feelings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Feelings"
    title: "Tom Feelings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Feelings"
    title: "Tom Feelings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7815762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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