# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brandon-mayfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:15:16.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brandon-mayfield"
name: "Brandon Mayfield"
slug: "brandon-mayfield"
description: "Brandon Mayfield is an American lawyer who was incorrectly detained in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings on the basis of a faulty fingerprint match. On May 6, 2004, the FBI arrested Mayfield as a material witness in connection with the Madrid attacks, and held him for two weeks, before releasing him with a public apology following Spanish authorities identifying another suspect."
tagline: "American lawyer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1966-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.1
  momentum:             19.89445910290237
  historical:           5.747954666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Mayfield"
    title: "Brandon Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "براندون مايفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "براندون مايفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Mayfield"
    title: "Brandon Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "ברנדון מייפילד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Mayfield"
    title: "Brandon Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2676326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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