# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ann-z-caracristi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:44:38.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ann-z-caracristi"
name: "Ann Z. Caracristi"
slug: "ann-z-caracristi"
description: "Ann Zeilinger Caracristi was an American cryptanalyst and Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, where she served at various positions over a 40-year career. She served as a member of the Secretary of Defense Joint Security Commission and President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. She became the first woman at NSA to be promoted to GS-18 rank, in 1975, when she became the Chief of Research and Operations."
tagline: "Cryptanalyst and National Security Agency official (1921–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CaracristiPortrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1921-02-01"
deathDate: "2016-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             12.5
  historical:           5.474082666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ann Z. Caracristi"
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    title: "Ann Z. Caracristi"
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    title: "Ann Caracristi"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Z._Caracristi"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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