# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-kimche
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:23:14.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-kimche"
name: "David Kimche"
slug: "david-kimche"
description: "David Kimche was an Israeli diplomat, deputy director of the Mossad, spymaster and journalist. He is believed to have been the main contact between the United States and Iran during the Iran-Contra affair. Kimche was president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the steering committee of the International Alliance for Arab-Israel Peace."
tagline: "Israeli diplomat and spy (1928-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Kimche.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-02-14"
deathDate: "2010-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.961341333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%8A"
    title: "ديفيد كمحي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%89"
    title: "ديفيد كمحى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kimche"
    title: "David Kimche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kimche"
    title: "David Kimche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kimche"
    title: "David Kimche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kimche"
    title: "David Kimche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%99"
    title: "דוד קמחי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kimche"
    title: "David Kimche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%85%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Кимхи, Давид (разведчик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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