# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-lee-howard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:18.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-lee-howard"
name: "Edward Lee Howard"
slug: "edward-lee-howard"
description: "Edward Lee Victor Howard was a CIA case officer who defected to the Soviet Union."
tagline: "CIA officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Lee_Howard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1951-10-27"
deathDate: "2002-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.628852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%88%B1%E5%BE%B7%E5%8D%8E%C2%B7%E6%9D%8E%C2%B7%E9%9C%8D%E5%8D%8E%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "爱德华·李·霍华德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "إدوارد لي هوارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_Howard"
    title: "Edward Lee Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_Howard"
    title: "Edward Lee Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_Howard"
    title: "Edward Lee Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B8"
    title: "Говард, Эдвард Ли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_Howard"
    title: "Edward Lee Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D1%96_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Едвард Лі Говард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344097"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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