# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/delano-meriwether
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:18:57.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/delano-meriwether"
name: "Delano Meriwether"
slug: "delano-meriwether"
description: "Wilhelm Delano Meriwether is an American physician and a former track and field athlete. He is best known for having been the head of the United States government immunization program during the 1976 swine flu outbreak and as the 1971 US outdoor track and field champion in the 100-yard dash."
tagline: "American sprinter and hematologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1943-04-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.405904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  51
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Meriwether"
    title: "Del Meriwether"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delano_Meriwether"
    title: "Delano Meriwether"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5253153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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