# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-mccaffrey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:51.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-mccaffrey"
name: "Barry McCaffrey"
slug: "barry-mccaffrey"
description: "Barry Richard McCaffrey is a retired United States Army general and current news commentator, professor and business consultant who served in President Bill Clinton's Cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in the Vietnam War, two Silver Stars, and two Distinguished Service Crosses—the second-highest United States Army award for valor. He was inducted into United States Army Ranger Hall of Fame at the United States Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007."
tagline: "United States Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_McCaffrey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.261781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 143
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mccaffreyr3"
    handle:    "mccaffreyr3"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/generalbarrymccaffrey"
    handle:    "generalbarrymccaffrey"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEsqDbjxa_O9rln3tcyQmGQ"
    handle:    "@gen.barrymccaffrey3385"
    followers: 143
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "باري مكافري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey"
    title: "Barry McCaffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey"
    title: "Barry McCaffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey"
    title: "Barry McCaffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99"
    title: "בארי מקאפרי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey"
    title: "Barry McCaffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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