# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-carlson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:00:50.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-carlson"
name: "Dick Carlson"
slug: "dick-carlson"
description: "Richard Warner Carlson was an American journalist, diplomat and lobbyist who was the director of the Voice of America from 1986 to 1991. Carlson also was a newspaper and wire service reporter, magazine writer, documentary filmmaker, and television/radio correspondent. He was the father of conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson."
tagline: "American journalist and diplomat (1941-2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Carlson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1941-02-02"
deathDate: "2025-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.7
  momentum:             4.878250103177877
  historical:           5.661730666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4135228/"
    handle:    "nm4135228"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Carlson"
    title: "Dick Carlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديك كارلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديك كارلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Carlson"
    title: "Dick Carlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Carlson"
    title: "Dick Carlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Карлсон, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18351656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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