# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bennett-griffin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:17:12.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bennett-griffin"
name: "Bennett Griffin"
slug: "bennett-griffin"
description: "Bennett Hill Griffin was an American aviator. Griffin was born in Mississippi in 1895, but was raised in Oklahoma arriving around 1900. In 1932, Griffin along with Jimmie Mattern attempted to break the world record for aerial circumnavigation set by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. In 1946 / 1947, he administered the relocation of the Civil Aeronautics Administration center from Houston to Oklahoma City, where it later became known as the FAA's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. He served as the Director of Washington National Airport from 1947 until 1959. In 1941, he was also the first pilot to land at National Airport, flying for American Airlines at the time. He died in 1978 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery."
tagline: "American aviator (1895-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13655%2C_Bennett_Griffin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1895-09-22"
deathDate: "1978-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.6
  momentum:             16.83673469387755
  historical:           4.802088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Griffin"
    title: "Bennett Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بينيت غريفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%B9_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%86"
    title: "بینیٹ گرفن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Griffin"
    title: "Bennett Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Гриффин, Беннетт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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