# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dixy-lee-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:53.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dixy-lee-ray"
name: "Dixy Lee Ray"
slug: "dixy-lee-ray"
description: "Dixy Lee Ray was an American academic, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. Variously described as idiosyncratic and \"ridiculously smart,\" she was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. She was a supporter of atomic energy."
tagline: "American marine biologist, politician and seventeenth governor of Washington (1914-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dixy_Lee_Ray.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-09-03"
deathDate: "1994-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.280546623794213
  historical:           15.727908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump