# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-beckel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:46:44.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-beckel"
name: "Bob Beckel"
slug: "bob-beckel"
description: "Robert Gilliland Beckel was an American political analyst and pundit, and political operative. He was a registered Democrat, and from 2011 until 2015 an analyst and commentator on Fox News. He was an original co-host of The Five until he was released in 2015 after being absent for several months recovering from back surgery. Briefly, Beckel became a commentator for CNN, but returned to Fox News as co-host of The Five on January 16, 2017. On May 19, 2017, Fox News announced Beckel had been fired again after he was accused of making a racist remark to a Fox News employee."
tagline: "American political pundit (1948–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Beckel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1948-11-15"
deathDate: "2022-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.897272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/robertgbeckel"
    handle:    "robertgbeckel"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2051180/"
    handle:    "nm2051180"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel"
    title: "Bob Beckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب بيكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بوب بيكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "بوب بکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Beckel"
    title: "Robert Beckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel"
    title: "Bob Beckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel"
    title: "Bob Beckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel"
    title: "Bob Beckel"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2156525"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump