# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-butterfield
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:15:46.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-butterfield"
name: "Alexander Butterfield"
slug: "alexander-butterfield"
description: "Alexander Porter Butterfield was an American Air Force officer, public official and businessman. From 1969 to 1973, Butterfield served as deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon. On July 13, 1973, during the Watergate investigation, he revealed the existence of Nixon's White House taping system. Butterfield was the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from 1973 to 1975."
tagline: "American military officer and government official (1926–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Butterfield%2C_photo_portrait%2C_Nixon_administration%2C_black_and_white.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-04-06"
deathDate: "2026-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             3.448275862068966
  historical:           7.286076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield"
    title: "Alexander Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ألكسندر باترفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آلزاندر بوترفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield"
    title: "Alexander Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield"
    title: "Alexander Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield"
    title: "Alexander Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield"
    title: "Alexander Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield"
    title: "Alexander Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1668455"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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