# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-conroy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:50:53.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-conroy"
name: "Donald Conroy"
slug: "donald-conroy"
description: "Donald Conroy was a United States Marine Corps colonel and a member of the Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War. He was also a veteran of World War II and served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He is best known for being the inspiration for the character Lieutenant Colonel \"Bull\" Meecham in the novel The Great Santini, which was written by his son Pat Conroy."
tagline: "US Marine Corps officer (1921–1998)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1921-04-04"
deathDate: "1998-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.82
  momentum:             6.521739130434782
  historical:           3.098310666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  43
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "دونالد كونروي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "دونالد كونروى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Conroy"
    title: "Donald Conroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5294185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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