# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-mccandless
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:21:21.745Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-mccandless"
name: "Bruce McCandless"
slug: "bruce-mccandless"
description: "Bruce McCandless I was an officer of United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor during World War II for his heroism on board USS San Francisco during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942. He retired with the rank of rear admiral. McCandless was the father of NASA astronaut Captain Bruce McCandless II, USN (Ret). Additionally, Admiral McCandless was the great-grandson of David Colbert McCanles of the Rock Creek Station, Nebraska, shoot-out with Wild Bill Hickok. After that incident, the McCanles family changed their name to McCandless and moved to Florence, Colorado."
tagline: "United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Commander_Bruce_McCandless%2C_USN.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1911-08-12"
deathDate: "1968-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.842012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بروس مكندلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بروس مكندلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCandless"
    title: "Bruce McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCandless"
    title: "Bruce McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ブルース・マッカンドレス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14505387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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