# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-brinegar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:12:21.556Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-brinegar"
name: "Claude Brinegar"
slug: "claude-brinegar"
description: "Claude Stout Brinegar was the third United States Secretary of Transportation, serving from February 2, 1973, to February 1, 1975. Holding a PhD from Stanford University in economic research, Brinegar had previously been an oil company executive. Brinegar was Secretary of Transportation during the 1973 oil crisis."
tagline: "American economic analyst and third United States Secretary of Transportation (1926–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude_S._Brinegar_official_photo_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-12-16"
deathDate: "2009-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.94
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.807272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Brinegar"
    title: "Claude Brinegar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Brinegar"
    title: "Claude Brinegar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Stout_Brinegar"
    title: "Claude Stout Brinegar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%82"
    title: "Брайнгар, Клод Стаут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Brinegar"
    title: "Claude Brinegar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1096555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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