# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aaron-bank
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:38:00.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aaron-bank"
name: "Aaron Bank"
slug: "aaron-bank"
description: "Aaron Bank was a United States Army colonel who founded the US Army Special Forces, commonly known as the \"Green Berets\". He is also known for his exploits as an OSS officer during World War II, when he parachuted into France to coordinate the French Resistance and organizing an operation intended to capture Adolf Hitler. In retirement, Bank warned about terrorism and modern technology. He is largely responsible for the high level of security at U.S. nuclear power plants since the early 1970s."
tagline: "United States Army officer (1902–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COL_Aaron_Bank_in_uniform.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1902-11-23"
deathDate: "2004-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.41
  momentum:             0.06197183098591549
  historical:           5.530962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bank"
    title: "Aaron Bank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "هارون بانك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "هارون بانك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bank"
    title: "Aaron Bank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bank"
    title: "Aaron Bank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bank"
    title: "Aaron Bank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2820028"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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