# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-j-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:24.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-j-perkins"
name: "Edward J. Perkins"
slug: "edward-j-perkins"
description: "Edward Joseph Perkins was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia. He also served as the Director General of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Corps."
tagline: "Career diplomat and 19th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1928–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambassador_Perkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-06-08"
deathDate: "2020-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.748129333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ایڈورڈ جے پرکنز"
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    title: "ادوارد جيه. بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Perkins"
    title: "Edward J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Perkins"
    title: "Edward J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Perkins"
    title: "Edward J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Perkins"
    title: "Edward J. Perkins"
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    title: "Edward J. Perkins"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Едвард Перкінс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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