# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-seals
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:35.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-seals"
name: "Barry Seals"
slug: "barry-seals"
description: "Adler Berriman \"Barry\" Seal was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel. When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. He was murdered on February 19, 1986, by contract killers hired by the cartel."
tagline: "American drug smuggler (1939–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Seal.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1939-07-16"
deathDate: "1986-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.770524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12588645/"
    handle:    "nm12588645"
sources:
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    title: "Баррі Сіл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "باري سيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بارى سيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal_(Drogenschmuggler)"
    title: "Barry Seal (Drogenschmuggler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "بری سیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "בארי סיל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "バリー・シール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%B0%EB%A6%AC_%EC%8B%A4"
    title: "배리 실"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal"
    title: "Barry Seal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Барри Сил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5"
    title: "แบร์รี ซีล"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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