# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-sharkey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:37.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-sharkey"
name: "Tom Sharkey"
slug: "tom-sharkey"
description: "Thomas \"Sailor Tom\" Sharkey was an Irish professional boxer who laid claim to the world heavyweight title by defeating Bob Fitzsimmons on December 2, 1896 in a highly controversial fight. Sharkey's recorded ring career spanned from 1893 to 1904. He is credited with having won 37 fights, 9 losses, 6 draws, and 2 no contests. In 1953, Sharkey was named in Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time."
tagline: "American boxer (1873–1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeffries_vs_sharky.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1873-11-26"
deathDate: "1953-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.6
  momentum:             1.047877145438121
  historical:           8.777361333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788831/"
    handle:    "nm0788831"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC"
    title: "Шарки, Том"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "توم شاركى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2658055"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4805233"
    title: "Tom Sharkey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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