# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-mccandless
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:39.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-mccandless"
name: "Al McCandless"
slug: "al-mccandless"
description: "Alfred A. McCandless was an American businessman, military veteran, and politician who served six terms as a Republican politician from California from 1983 to 1995."
tagline: "American politician (1927-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlMcCandless.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-07-23"
deathDate: "2017-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.96
  momentum:             0.6009615384615385
  historical:           8.549209333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McCandless"
    title: "Al McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "أل مكندلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "ال مكندلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%B3"
    title: "آل مک‌کاندلزس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McCandless"
    title: "Al McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McCandless"
    title: "Al McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%A1"
    title: "אל מקנדלס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McCandless"
    title: "Al McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McCandless"
    title: "Al McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McCandless"
    title: "Al McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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